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Share Cart – Minimal (Ref Doctor)

A small WooCommerce plugin that lets a referring doctor share their cart with a patient via a unique link, and attributes the resulting order back to that doctor.

by Vladislav Belov · github.com/ladislavbelov/wordpress_sharecart_plugin

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Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/ladislavbelov/wordpress_sharecart_plugin/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
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A small WooCommerce plugin that lets a referring doctor share their cart with a patient via a unique link, and attributes the resulting order back to that doctor.

What it does

  • The doctor builds a cart on the site and clicks "Share Cart" to generate a unique /share-cart/{uuid}/ link.
  • The link snapshots the cart's line items and any applied coupons.
  • The patient opens the link (no login required), sees the product list, and clicks "Add to cart" to import everything into their own cart.
  • The doctor's name follows the patient through checkout and gets attached to the resulting order — visible in an order metabox, and included in the admin notification email.
  • An admin tools page lets you clean up old/expired share links.

Requirements

  • WordPress 6.2+
  • WooCommerce 8.0+
  • PHP 7.3+
  • Works with both classic and block-based Cart/Checkout, and with both legacy post-based orders and HPOS (custom order tables).

Installation

  1. Copy the sharecart-minimal folder into wp-content/plugins/.
  2. Activate the plugin (WooCommerce must already be active).
  3. Go to Settings → Permalinks and click Save once, so the /share-cart/{key}/ rewrite rule takes effect.
  4. The "Share Cart" panel appears automatically on the Cart page; you can also drop the [sharecart_button] shortcode into any page or post.

How it's built

Plain procedural plugin, five files:

  • sharecart-minimal.php — bootstrap, share panel UI, order/email/admin-metabox integration.
  • includes/install.php — DB table ({prefix}sharecart_shared) and schema migrations via dbDelta.
  • includes/rewrite.php — the /share-cart/{key}/ rewrite rule and template routing.
  • includes/ajax.php — the two AJAX endpoints: generate link, add items to cart.
  • includes/template-share-page.php — the public share page template.
  • assets/sharecart.js — front-end glue, using event delegation so it survives WooCommerce's own cart/checkout re-renders.

Cart contents and applied coupons are stored as a JSON snapshot in a dedicated table, keyed by a UUID, with a one-year expiry.

Compatibility notes

Both WooCommerce order storage modes (legacy post-based and HPOS) and both checkout UIs (shortcode-based and the Cart/Checkout blocks) are handled explicitly. In particular, order meta is written from two separate hooks — woocommerce_checkout_create_order and woocommerce_store_api_checkout_update_order_meta — since only the classic checkout fires the first one; block-based checkout (the default for newer WooCommerce stores) only fires the second.

Known limitations

  • Link generation has no rate limiting — fine for small/internal use, not hardened against abuse at scale.
  • UI copy is hardcoded in Russian (the original use case); no .pot translation file yet despite the declared text domain.
  • The public share page intentionally hides the doctor's name from the visitor by default — see the commented-out line in includes/template-share-page.php if you want it shown.

License

GPLv2 or later.