A simple shopping cart using shortcodes. You designate a page with slug /cart and add [easy_cart/] shortcode
As of April 2026, Easy Cart is a WordPress sessions plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.3+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Top alternative: Native PHP Sessions.
A simple shopping cart using shortcodes.
Be sure your permalinks in WordPress settings supports slug urls e.g. your-domain.tld/slug. Once you have proper permalink setting, Create a page with slug /cart. Then edit the cart page and add [easy_cart /] and [empty_cart /] shortcodes.
Create add to cart buttons using [add_to_cart /] shortcodes on other posts or pages of your WordPress site.
To display cart:
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[easy_cart /]
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To display empty cart link on cart page:
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[empty_cart /]
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Use the following attributes to define your add_to_cart products:
Here is a example usage of add_to_cart shortcode using all the attributes. Use quotes around text but not numbers:
[add_to_cart itemid=your-item-id product_name=”Your product name&…
| WordPress | 5.3+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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