[Peter]

Hi,

I found what seems to be an issue with page cache invalidation in W3 Total Cache when using woocommerce together with REST API updates or third-party plugins.
The problem is that when product data is updated through the REST API – for example stock quantity and availability, W3 Total Cache does not automatically purge the cached product page. This also happens with some third-party plugins like admin coloumns, or stock manager for woocommerce. As a result cached product pages continue showing outdated stock or product information for customers and cache is only refreshed after manual purge. Can you please check it?
Thanks

Peter

[Marko Vasiljevic]

Hello Peter,

Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help!

This happens because many WooCommerce REST API updates and some third-party plugins bypass the normal WordPress post update flow that W3 Total Cache listens to for automatic cache purging.
Updates made through WooCommerce CRUD objects, REST API endpoints, or bulk stock management plugins can bypass cache invalidation completely.

Just to confirm, if you manually purge the cache or a specific product the stock updates?
Thanks!

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