Set a minimum cart quantity, subtotal or weight
Updated September 15, 2026
The Cart section lets you require a minimum number of items, a minimum subtotal or a minimum total weight before a coupon can be used. Find it in the Better Coupon Restrictions tab on the coupon edit screen.
The cart fields
- Minimum Cart Quantity: the total number of items in the cart, counting quantities. Three of one product plus one of another is 4.
- Minimum Cart Subtotal: the cart subtotal as WooCommerce calculates it, before coupons. Enter a plain number in your store currency, such as
50. - Minimum Cart Weight: the combined weight of the cart, in the store weight unit set at WooCommerce › Settings › Products. Products with no weight count as zero.
Leave a field blank, or set it to 0, to switch that rule off. You can set more than one; all of them must be met.
Default messages
- “This coupon requires a minimum cart quantity of 3.”
- “This coupon requires a minimum cart subtotal of £50.00.”
- “This coupon requires a minimum cart weight of 5 kg.”
To use your own wording, fill in Custom Error Message in the Cart section. {value} is replaced with the amount from whichever cart rule failed, for example “Add {value} to your basket to use this code.” See Customise the coupon error messages.
Cart subtotal or WooCommerce minimum spend
WooCommerce’s own Minimum spend field on the Usage restriction tab does a similar job. You can use either. The difference is that the WooCommerce field runs before this plugin’s checks and shows WooCommerce’s own message.