Add a WooCommerce floating cart to your shop pages or WooCommerce cart in menu to provide quick and easy access to cart details for customers.
Installation
↑ Back to top- Download Mini Cart for WooCommerce from your WooCommerce dashboard.
- At the WordPress admin panel, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload and select the ZIP file you just downloaded.
- Click Install Now, and then Activate Plugin.
Setup and Configuration
↑ Back to topTo access plugin settings, navigate to WooCommerce > Mini Cart > General Settings.
General Settings
↑ Back to topWithin General Settings, you can configure the following options:
- Display Cart in Menu: Option to enable/disable displaying the cart in the main menu.
- Select Menu: Select the menu to display in the main menu.
- Select Cart: Choose the cart style of your choice from options i.e WooCommerce side cart and WooCommerce sticky cart.
- Display Shopping Cart Icon: Option to display a shopping cart icon.
- Choose a Cart Icon: Option to customize the cart icon by selecting an icon or uploading a custom icon.
- Choose Custom Icon: Upload a custom icon for the mini cart.
- Always Display Cart: Select this option to always display the cart even when the cart is empty.
- Display Fly-Out: Select to display cart contents in the fly-out menu.
- Fly-out Item Truncation: Choose the maximum number of characters to display in the fly-out menu. Enter “0” to use full product names.
- Fly-out Item Number: Set the maximum number of products in the fly-out menu.
- What Would You Like To Display In The Menu?: Choose what you would like to display in the menu – You can choose the cart icon, price, or both.
- Enable Product Page Add to Cart Ajax: Choose this to enable “Add to Cart” Ajax on the product page.
- Shortcode To Display Cart Anywhere On Your Site: Enter the shortcode to display the mini cart anywhere on your website.
Side Cart Settings
↑ Back to topIn this section, you will find the following side cart settings:
- Enable Fly-to Cart Animation: Select to enable fly-to-cart animation.
- Enable Auto Show on Add to Cart: Select to enable the auto show slider on Add to Cart.
- Select Side Cart Position: Choose the position of the side cart.
- Side Cart Header Text: Enter the text that you want to display in the side cart header.
- Side Cart Header Icon: Select the icon for the cart in the side cart header.
- Enable Side Cart Rounded Corners: Select if you want to enable rounded corners on the side cart.
Additionally, further, customize the side cart with the following color configurations:
- Side Cart Header/Footer Color
- Side Cart Header/Footer Text Color
- Side Cart Product Section Background Color
- Side Cart Product Section Text Color
- Side Cart Buttons Background Color
- Side Cart Buttons Text Color
- Side Cart Buttons Background Hover Color
- Side Cart Buttons Text Hover Color
Sticky Cart Settings
↑ Back to top- Enable Cart Button: Select to enable the cart button on the sticky cart.
- Enable Checkout Button: Select to display the checkout button.
However, you can also customize a sticky cart with the following color settings:
- Sticky cart background color
- Sticky cart text color
- Sticky cart buttons background color
- Sticky cart buttons text color
- Sticky cart buttons background hover color
- Sticky cart buttons text hover color
Add to Cart Notification Settings
↑ Back to topIn this section, you can set the following settings.
- Enable Add to Cart Notification: Select to enable notification when a customer adds products to the cart.
- Add to Cart Notification Background Color: Set the background color for the add to cart notification.
- Add to Cart Notification Text Color: Choose the color of the text for the mini cart to add to cart notification.
Text & Links
↑ Back to topFrom within WooCommerce > Mini Cart > Text & Links, you can customize the cart with text and links for various conditions. For example, the “Add Empty Cart” and “View Cart” labels. Additionally, you can also specify Cart and Checkout URLs.
- Empty Cart: Enter the text for the empty cart for the main item hover.
- View Cart: Enter the text you want to display for the main item hover & flyout.
- Cart URL: Enter the URL for the cart.
- Checkout URL: Enter the URL for the checkout.