What’s in this release
The cart experience has been dramatically improved across multiple fronts. The mini-cart block now updates instantly when shoppers add, remove, or change items without reloading the page. Built on the WordPress Interactivity API, the new mini-cart replaces 11 legacy scripts with a single lightweight implementation.
When shoppers make rapid changes — updating quantities, removing items, or applying coupons — WooCommerce now combines those actions into a single request instead of sending them one at a time. This eliminates the long-standing issue where quick interactions could cause quantities to flicker or revert.
Checkout is now 19% faster with fewer database queries. The improvements span the entire checkout flow: cart data loads more efficiently, shipping rate lookups use new database indexes, disabled payment gateways are skipped immediately, and legacy processes no longer block order creation.
Update to WooCommerce 10.6.1 to experience faster, snappier cart and checkout interactions.