WooCommerce Optimizer: Site Booster Module

The Ocean Site Booster's WooCommerce Optimizer module enables you to control and optimize some aspects of your WooCommerce plugin, for improved WP Dashboard customization, increased security and privacy, as well as website's frontend optimization and speed boost.

To access WooCommerce Optimizer, click on the cog icon, then toggle to enable the module.

Enable (or disable) any option you would like to use, then save changes at the bottom of the module page.

Available WooCommerce Optimizer options include:

Disable Marketing Hub,
Disable WooCommerce.com Notice,
Disable Marketplace Suggestions,
Disable Extensions Submenu,
Disable Recommended Shipping Solutions Metabox,
Disable Recommended Payments Plugins Metabox,
Disable WooCommerce Status Metabox,
Disable WooCommerce Blocks (Front-end),
Disable WooCommerce Scripts & Styles,
Disable WooCommerce Cart Fragments,
Disable Unnecessary Stripe Scripts,
Disable WooCommerce Dashboard Setup Widget,
Disable New WooCommerce Product Editor.

Disable Marketing Hub

This option enables you to disable the Marketing hub in the WP admin dashboard sidebar.

All relevant options, such as Coupons, will be moved under the main WooCommerce option in the WP Dashboard, making relevant features still accessible with ease.

Disable WooCommerce.com Notice

This option enables you to disable promotional notices from WooCommerce.com website in the WordPress admin dashboard area. These notices are usually marketing-driven and unrelated to store operations.

Disable Marketplace Suggestions

This option enables you to prevent WooCommerce from suggesting WooCommerce Marketplace plugins and extensions in admin areas.

This feature streamlines the user experience by highlighting existing tools and extensions, thus reducing cognitive load and creating a more efficient workflow for administrators.

Disable Extensions Submenu

This option enables you to remove the Extensions (including the My Subscription) submenus from the WooCommerce plugin menu in the WordPress dashboard.

This feature declutters the admin menu by removing promotional content and links to third-party services from submenus. This ensures that only essential settings and tools are displayed, since these promotional items and external links may not be relevant to all users.

Disable Recommended Shipping Solutions Metabox

This option enables you to remove the Recommended Shipping Solutions metabox from WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping panel.

This section can be hidden to allow administrators to focus solely on configuring their shipping zones and methods. This prevents administrators from being distracted by recommendations for third-party shipping plugins or services, which may not be applicable to all stores.

Disable Recommended Payments Plugins Metabox

This option enables you to remove the Other payment methods metabox from WooCommerce > Settings > Payments panel.

By removing this section, administrators can streamline the configuration of their existing payment methods and avoid sifting through unrelated recommendations for additional payment gateways that may not be necessary for the store's operation.

Disable WooCommerce Status Metabox

This option enables you to disable WooCommerce Status metabox widget in the WP Dashboard, Dashboard > Home area.

This widget offers some of your shop stats at a glance.

Disable WooCommerce Blocks (Front-end)

This option enables you to prevent WooCommerce block-related scripts and styles from loading on the front-end.

Disabling these assets, which are primarily used for block-based features and are not essential for all stores, will reduce resource usage and page load times, thereby improving the overall website performance.

WooCommerce cart page example utilizing Blocks — Example of the Cart page utilizing Woo Blocks

WooCommerce pages (Cart, Checkout, etc) that can be edited or customized using themes or custom templates must utilize the correct shortcodes (instead of blocks):

Cart: [woocommerce_cart]
Checkout: [woocommerce_checkout]
My Account: [woocommerce_my_account]

Basically, if you're not using the WooCommerce block editor to edit or build any of the WooCommerce pages (cart, checkout, products), but are instead using other methods, such as the OceanWP WooCommerce Customizer options and/or Ocean eComm Treasure Box custom templates, you can disable this option.

Disable WooCommerce Scripts and Styles

This option enables you to run WooCommerce-related scripts and styles only on WooCommerce pages, ie pages generated by the WooCommerce plugin only (cart, checkout, products, product archives, etc.)

This feature boosts site performance and speed by preventing these assets from loading on pages that don't use WooCommerce functionality. By default, these assets are loaded on all pages, even when they're not needed.

Disable WooCommerce Cart Fragments

This option enables you to disable the WooCommerce Cart Fragments script and reduce unnecessary AJAX calls.

This feature enhances page speed and decreases server load on non-cart pages by disabling a script that, while used for dynamic cart updates, can cause performance issues, particularly on high-traffic sites. This maintains a functional cart experience while improving site performance.

These are the OceanWP features that utilize the Cart Fragments script:

Menu Cart icon display in the Header (OceanWP theme),
Shortcode: [oceanwp_woo_total_cart] (Ocean Extra plugin),
Shortcode: [oceanwp_woo_cart_items] (Ocean Extra plugin),
Shortcode: [oceanwp_woo_cart] (Ocean Extra plugin),
Woo Cart widget for Elementor (Ocean Elementor Widgets and Ocean eCommerce Pro (Ocean eComm Treasure Box) plugins).

If you're using these features, reconsider if you want to continue using them before disabling Cart Fragments.

If you're using additional WooCommerce addons and extensions, outside of OceanWP products, have in mind these can also be utilizing the Cart Fragments script. If you decide to disable it, ensure all functionality remains intact.

Disable Unnecessary Stripe Scripts

This option enables you to disable Stripe (payment method) scripts on non-WooCommerce pages.

This feature improves the loading time of non-WooCommerce pages and prevents unnecessary use of resources by disabling scripts that are only needed for checkout and payment pages.

This option enables you to disable the WooCommerce Setup widget in WP Dashboard, Dashboard > Home area.

Disable New WooCommerce Product Editor

This feature was based on the WooCommerce New Product Editor, which is still in Beta version, thus disabled by default.

We made this option to help you disable the New WooCommerce Product Editor quickly, once it's out of the experimental phase, under the assumption that at one point WooCommerce will have this feature enabled by default.

For the time being, you can find this option under WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > Features. See the Experimental section and the option New Product Editor. Of course, if you want to test it and use.

This option enables you to disable the WooCommerce New Product Editor.

WooCommerce new product editor exmaple — Preview of the WooCommerce New Product Editor

preview of the classic WooCommerce product editor — Preview of the classic WooCommerce Product Editor

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