WooCommerce module

Add to Cart block

An add-to-cart button with quantity and price, for any product or the product being viewed.

Overview

The Add to Cart block puts a working WooCommerce add-to-cart button anywhere — a landing page, a comparison table, a blog post. Choose a product, or leave it empty to use the product being viewed (in single product templates or product loops). Simple products get a quantity field and AJAX add to cart; products that need choices (variable, grouped, external) get WooCommerce’s “Select options” / “Buy” link instead.

At a glance

Block name: wpbb/add-to-cart
Module: WooCommerce
Find it by searching: Add to Cart
Requires: WooCommerce installed and active
Works with: WooCommerce must be installed and active. The WooCommerce module only appears when it is.
Loads JavaScript on the site: WooCommerce’s own add-to-cart script, for simple products

When and why to use it

Product landing pages.
Buy buttons in blog reviews.
Custom single-product templates.

Example scenarios

Landing page: product “Starter kit”, price on, full-width button “Get the kit”.

How to add the Add to Cart block

Open the editor. In your WordPress dashboard go to Pages (or Posts) and click the page you want to edit, or click Add New. For headers, footers and templates, use Appearance → Editor (block themes).
Add a new block. Click the blue + (Block Inserter) button in the top-left corner, or the small + that appears where you want the block. You can also type / on an empty line.
Search for the block. Type Add to Cart in the search field. Brigade Blocks appear in the Brigade Blocks category and show the coral block icon.
Insert it. Click Add to Cart in the results. The block appears with a product picker.
Configure the content. Edit the text directly on the block, then open the Settings tab (gear icon) in the right-hand sidebar for the options described below. If the sidebar is hidden, click the gear icon in the top-right corner.
Customise the design. Switch to the Styles tab (half-filled circle icon) to change colours, spacing, borders and more — see Design & styling.
Save or publish. Click Save draft to keep working later, Preview to check it, or Publish / Update to make it live.

Content settings

You set up this block in two places: on the block itself in the editor, and in the Settings tab (gear icon) of the sidebar on the right. Every option is listed below, with its default value.

Settings panel: Product

Product

What it does: The product the button adds.
What to enter or choose: Search and pick one product, or leave empty.
Default: The current product
How to use it: Start typing a product name and pick it from the suggestions.
When to use it: On normal pages. Leave empty in product templates.
Example: “Starter kit”.
Result: Empty = the current product (single product page or loop item).

Quantity field

What it does: Shows a quantity input before the button.
What to enter or choose: On or off.
Default: On
How to use it: Click the switch to turn it on (blue) or off.
When to use it: For products bought in multiples.
Example: Off for one-off items.
Result: Hidden automatically for products “sold individually” and for non-simple products.

Price

What it does: Shows the price above the button.
What to enter or choose: On or off.
Default: Off
How to use it: Click the switch to turn it on (blue) or off.
When to use it: When the price is not shown nearby.
Example: On.
Result: WooCommerce’s price (with sale price).

Full-width button

What it does: Stretches the button.
What to enter or choose: On or off.
Default: Off
How to use it: Click the switch to turn it on (blue) or off.
When to use it: Optional.
Example: On in narrow columns.
Result: The button fills its row.

Button text

What it does: Custom button label for simple products.
What to enter or choose: Text, or empty for WooCommerce’s “Add to cart”.
Default: Empty
How to use it: Type into the text field. Changes appear in the preview right away.
When to use it: Optional.
Example: “Get the kit”.
Result: The button shows your text.

Design & styling

Select the block, open the Styles tab in the settings sidebar (the half-filled circle icon next to the gear) and use the three pickers at the top of the Style panel:

Element — which part of the block to style.
State — Normal, or a state such as Hover (only the states the part supports are offered).
Device — Desktop, Tablet or Mobile, for values that can differ per screen size.

Only panels that make sense for the chosen part and state are shown. The full meaning of every control is in the Styling Controls guide; below is exactly what Add to Cart offers.

Element: Button selected first

The button. Hover and Focus.

Styles-tab controls for “Button”
Panel	Control	Per device	Available in states
Typography	Font family	—	Normal
	Font size	Yes	Normal
	Weight	—	Normal
	Style	—	Normal
	Line height	Yes	Normal
	Letter spacing	Yes	Normal
	Letter case	—	Normal
	Alignment	Yes	Normal
	Decoration	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
Colors	Text	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
Background	Type	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
	Color / Gradient	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
	Image	—	Normal
Border	Border type	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
	Border	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
	Radius	Yes	Normal
	Focus indicator	—	Focus
Box Shadow	Remove shadow	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
Box Shadow	Shadow layers	—	Normal, Hover, Focus
Spacing	Padding	Yes	Normal
Sizing	Width	Yes	Normal
	Max width	Yes	Normal
	Height	Yes	Normal
	Min width / Min height / Max height	Yes	Normal
Effects	Opacity (%)	Yes	Normal, Hover, Focus

States for this part:

Hover — When the mouse pointer is over it. (Touch screens have no hover; they show the normal style.)
Focus — When it has keyboard focus — reached with the Tab key. Mouse clicks usually do not show focus styles.

Element: Block

The wrapper.

Styles-tab controls for “Block”
Panel	Control	Per device	Available in states
Background	Type	—	Normal
	Color / Gradient	—	Normal
	Image	—	Normal
Border	Border type	—	Normal
	Border	—	Normal
	Radius	Yes	Normal
Box Shadow	Remove shadow	—	Normal
Box Shadow	Shadow layers	—	Normal
Spacing	Margin	Yes	Normal
Spacing	Padding	Yes	Normal
Sizing	Width	Yes	Normal
	Max width	Yes	Normal
	Height	Yes	Normal
	Min width / Min height / Max height	Yes	Normal
	Block alignment	Yes	Normal
Position	Position	Yes	Normal
	Top / Right / Bottom / Left	Yes	Normal
	Z-index	Yes	Normal
	Overflow	Yes	Normal
Transform	Move X / Move Y	—	Normal
	Scale X / Scale Y	—	Normal
	Rotate (°), Rotate X (°), Rotate Y (°)	—	Normal
	Skew X (°) / Skew Y (°)	—	Normal
Effects	Opacity (%)	Yes	Normal
	State transition (ms)	—	Normal
	Timing	—	Normal
Visibility	Show on Desktop / Tablet / Mobile	—	Normal

States: Normal only.

Element: Quantity

The quantity field.

Styles-tab controls for “Quantity”
Panel	Control	Per device	Available in states
Typography	Font family	—	Normal
	Font size	Yes	Normal
	Weight	—	Normal
	Style	—	Normal
	Line height	Yes	Normal
	Letter spacing	Yes	Normal
	Letter case	—	Normal
	Alignment	Yes	Normal
	Decoration	—	Normal
Colors	Text	—	Normal
Background	Type	—	Normal
	Color / Gradient	—	Normal
	Image	—	Normal
Border	Border type	—	Normal
	Border	—	Normal
	Radius	Yes	Normal
	Focus indicator	—	—
Box Shadow	Remove shadow	—	Normal
Box Shadow	Shadow layers	—	Normal
Spacing	Padding	Yes	Normal
Sizing	Width	Yes	Normal
	Max width	Yes	Normal
	Height	Yes	Normal
	Min width / Min height / Max height	Yes	Normal
Effects	Opacity (%)	Yes	Normal

States: Normal only.

Element: Price

The price.

Styles-tab controls for “Price”
Panel	Control	Per device	Available in states
Typography	Font family	—	Normal
	Font size	Yes	Normal
	Weight	—	Normal
	Style	—	Normal
	Line height	Yes	Normal
	Letter spacing	Yes	Normal
	Letter case	—	Normal
	Alignment	Yes	Normal
	Decoration	—	Normal
Colors	Text	—	Normal

States: Normal only.

Responsive settings

Brigade Blocks uses three screen sizes: Desktop (wider than 1023px), Tablet (600–1023px) and Mobile (599px and narrower). Tablet and Mobile values are optional: when empty, the value of the next larger screen is used.

In the Styles tab, pick the Device first; these controls can then have a different value for that screen size: Font size, Line height, Letter spacing, Alignment, Radius, Padding, Width, Max width, Height, Min width / Min height / Max height, Opacity (%), Margin, Block alignment, Position, Top / Right / Bottom / Left, Z-index, Overflow.

The Visibility panel (Styles tab, Normal state) can hide the block entirely on Desktop, Tablet or Mobile.

Advanced options

HTML anchor (Advanced section of the Settings tab) — a unique name such as pricing, so you can link straight to this block with #pricing at the end of the page address (for example from a menu).
Additional CSS class(es) (Advanced section) — for custom CSS from your theme or the Site Editor. Separate several classes with spaces.
Custom attributes (Advanced section) — add data-*, title, aria-label, aria-describedby, lang or dir attributes. See Custom attributes.
State transition (Styles tab → Effects, Normal state) — how smoothly hover and focus styles animate.

How it works on your site

A real WooCommerce form: works without JavaScript (the page reloads with the item in the cart) and uses WooCommerce’s AJAX add to cart when available.

Accessibility

The button has WooCommerce’s descriptive label (“Add “Starter kit” to your cart”).
The quantity field has a label for screen readers.

Limitations and notes

Out-of-stock or unpurchasable products show WooCommerce’s “Read more” link.
Variable products link to the product page to choose options.

Troubleshooting

The block shows nothing.

No product is chosen and the page is not a product page. Pick a product in the settings.