How to Check if Your WooCommerce Checkout Is Still Working

Your WooCommerce checkout is the final, and most critical, step in your customer journey. If it stops working, even for a few hours, you could be losing sales without even realizing it. Unfortunately, checkout issues often go unnoticed until customers start complaining or conversions drop. So how can you proactively make sure your WooCommerce checkout is functioning properly?

In this guide, we’ll walk through how to check your checkout process manually and automatically, along with tips to catch issues early before they impact your revenue.

🔍 Why Your WooCommerce Checkout Might Break

Even if your store was working yesterday, several common factors can silently break your checkout experience:

• A plugin update introduces a conflict
• Theme changes interfere with form fields
• Payment gateways fail or are misconfigured
• Shipping methods disappear due to missing zones or rate logic
• Custom code unintentionally overrides checkout behavior
• JavaScript errors block button clicks or form submissions

And because most stores don’t go through their own checkout regularly, these issues can go undetected for days or even weeks.

✅ Manual WooCommerce Checkout Test (Quick Checklist)

Here’s how to run a quick manual test of your WooCommerce checkout:

1. Visit Your Store as a Guest User
   • Use incognito/private mode or a separate browser profile to avoid cached sessions.
2. Add a Product to Cart
   • Choose both simple and variable products to test variations.
3. Go to the Checkout Page
   • Make sure the page loads correctly and no JavaScript errors are visible in the browser console.
4. Enter Test Billing Details
   • Fill in required fields. Check that form validation is working properly.
5. Choose a Shipping Method
   • If applicable, make sure correct rates are shown based on location.
6. Select a Payment Method
   • Verify that available payment options load correctly (e.g., Stripe, PayPal, direct bank transfer).
7. Place a Test Order
   • If using Stripe or PayPal in test mode, try test card numbers (e.g., 4242 4242 4242 4242 for Stripe).
   • Make sure you’re redirected to a success page and the order appears in your backend.

Pro Tip: Run this test in both desktop and mobile views, and test with at least one guest and one logged-in user.

⚙️ How to Automate WooCommerce Checkout Testing

Manual testing is helpful but not scalable—especially if you manage multiple stores or make frequent changes.

That’s where automated testing platforms like CheckView come in.

With CheckView, you can:

• Simulate a complete end-to-end WooCommerce checkout daily
• Catch plugin conflicts, broken forms, or missing payment options
• Receive instant alerts when your checkout breaks
• View video replays and step-level failure reports
• Confirm success pages and order placement without affecting analytics

CheckView is built specifically for WooCommerce and lets you test:

• Guest and logged-in checkouts
• Custom checkout fields
• Third-party payment gateways
• Coupon and discount code flows
• Subscription and recurring billing setups

🔁 Set It and Forget It: Continuous Checkout Monitoring

By scheduling recurring tests (e.g., every night or before peak hours), you get peace of mind knowing your checkout is working—without relying on your customers to be your QA team.

This is especially useful:

• After plugin/theme updates
• Before running paid ad campaigns
• For agencies managing multiple WooCommerce clients
• When using complex shipping/payment setups

🚨 Common Checkout Issues You’ll Want to Catch Early

• “Place Order” button not clickable
• Fields not validating or saving
• Shipping options not showing
• Incorrect tax totals or zero totals
• Gateway declined errors (even in test mode)
• Success page not loading

Final Thoughts

Your WooCommerce checkout is where revenue is made—or lost. Regularly checking your checkout, especially with automated tools, is essential for any serious store owner or developer.

Whether you’re manually testing or using a platform like CheckView, make checkout testing part of your workflow so you can catch issues before your customers do.

Need help setting up automated checkout testing? Schedule a quick demo with CheckView and we’ll show you how to get started in minutes.