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Simple explanation for WooCommerce store owners (with real examples) #
When you build a discount in Disco, you’ll see two conditions that look almost the same:
- Items Count (Entire Cart)
- Item Count
They are different because they count different things.
1) Items Count (Entire Cart)
“How many different products are in the cart in total?”
- It counts the number of unique products in the whole cart.
- It does not care about categories, tags, brands, prices, etc.
- It does not count quantity.
Easy example
Customer cart:
- 1 × Blue T-Shirt
- 1 × Black Jeans
- 2 × Socks
✅ Items Count (Entire Cart) = 3
Because there are 3 different products (T-Shirt, Jeans, Socks).
Even though socks quantity is 2, socks still counts as 1 product.
When to use it
Use this when your rule is based on the overall cart size, like:
✅ Scenario A: “Buy more items → get a discount”
“Get 10% off if your cart has at least 3 different products.”
Condition:
- Items Count (Entire Cart) ≥ 3
✅ Scenario B: “Encourage bigger baskets.”
“Spend more by adding variety — discount starts at 5 items.”
Condition:
- Items Count (Entire Cart) ≥ 5
2) Item Count 🚀
“How many cart products match my selected conditions?”
This one counts only the items that match your other rules.
So it answers questions like:
- “How many items from this category are in the cart?”
- “How many tagged products are in the cart?”
- “How many selected products are in the cart?”
Easy example
Customer cart:
- 1 × Blue T-Shirt (Category: T-Shirts)
- 1 × Red T-Shirt (Category: T-Shirts)
- 1 × Black Jeans (Category: Jeans)
Now you build a discount condition:
- Category = T-Shirts
- Item Count ≥ 2
✅ Item Count = 2
Because 2 products match the category “T-Shirts” (Blue + Red T-Shirts).
Jeans don’t count because they don’t match the condition.
When to use it
Use this when your discount depends on a specific group, like category/tag/products.
✅ Scenario C: “Buy 2 different t-shirts, get 10% off”
Condition:
- Category = T-Shirts
- Item Count ≥ 2
✅ Scenario D: “Buy any 3 different items from Summer Collection”
Condition:
- Tag = Summer
- Item Count ≥ 3
✅ Scenario E: “Mix & match discount”
“Buy any 2 products from Shoes category and get discount.”
Condition:
- Category = Shoes
- Item Count ≥ 2
✅ Scenario F: “Only apply discount if cart contains specific products”
Example: customer must add Product A or Product B.
Condition:
- Products in Cart = (Product A, Product B)
- Item Count ≥ 1
The key difference
✅ Items Count (Entire Cart) counts everything in the cart.
🚀 Item Count counts only the items that match your discount conditions.
