Show Number of items in Cart and Subtotal (insert into template)

codesnippet.php

// Use in conjunction with https://gist.github.com/DanielSantoro/948c5000850c4695f30db8542f8bc966

<a class="cart-customlocation" href="<?php echo wc_get_cart_url(); ?>" title="<?php _e( 'View your shopping cart' ); ?>"><?php echo sprintf ( _n( '%d item', '%d items', WC()->cart->get_cart_contents_count() ), WC()->cart->get_cart_contents_count() ); ?> - <?php echo WC()->cart->get_cart_total(); ?></a>

This snippet works well when the user is logged in, but it doesn't seem to work when the user is not logged in and is a guests. It works while on the cart page itself, but all other pages show 0 quantity. Most likely a caching issue but am looking for a work around? Should I use jQuery and inject the number after page load?

Hi there! You need to add Ajax to your custom cart display, which can be done with the snippet here: https://gist.github.com/DanielSantoro/948c5000850c4695f30db8542f8bc966

Basically, it won't update as needed until that Ajax code is paired with it, but after that it updates using the same values as a mini cart in Storefront or something like that. Hope this helps. :)