Mr Fragrance

@hatachamaya66 I have done some more research, just read an article, author is suggesting may cause some issues for SEO, but Google not acknowledging this. I know one of my competitor’s is also on WooCommerce, that website has clean ULRs. I know their must be a fix, I continue with the research and sort it. It’s causing too many 404 errors. Thanks.

• This reply was modified 2 months, 1 week ago by Mr Fragrance.

@threadi that’s good to know. I was worried something was not right. Thanks.

Ignore the above, WordPress are lying, this is a WordPress issue. The support is chronic at best, someone had this issue a week ago, they are still struggling.

I have rolled back:

Google for WooCommerce to version 3.4.1 

Site Kit by Google to version 1.164.0

PHP to version 8,2

I will update if this is successful.

I have not got a clue what on earth you are going on about. WordPress is a load or rubbish, it’s slow, sluggish and full of errors.

Hi Users,

This error appears to be common, if anyone knows how to resolve your help is appreciated. I

2025-12-04T16:36:30+00:00 ERROR Automattic\WooCommerce\GoogleListingsAndAds\API\Google\AdsCampaign::get_campaigns {
“message”: “Internal error encountered.”,
“code”: 13,
“status”: “INTERNAL”,
“message”: “Internal error encountered.”,
“code”: 13,
“status”: “INTERNAL”,
“details”: [
{
“@type”: “type.googleapis.com\/google.ads.googleads.v20.errors.GoogleAdsFailure”,
“requestId”: “ei7lQKTMyFtY0JTvsyt1yQ”
}
]
}”details”: [
{
“@type”: “type.googleapis.com\/google.ads.googleads.v20.errors.GoogleAdsFailure”,
“requestId”: “IHTjsMu9f3k3R2rqDbbuIw”
}
]
}

Update – I have now done a managed to workout how to do the classic cart, it looks rubbish but hopefully will stop the draft orders. You have to highlight the block, I was looking right for the classic cart, you have to select square icon above the block to do classic cart.

The below is what I learnt, yes, nothing is easy on WooCommerce. A poor platform, with many issues. To prevent a headache, my advice pick Shopify over poor WooCommerce, who endorse spammers, fraudsters and bots!

To disable draft orders in WooCommerce, you’ll need to switch from the modern Cart and Checkout blocks back to the classic shortcode-based cart and checkout pages.Here’s how to disable draft orders:Go to WooCommerce > Settings > Advanced > FeaturesLook for the “Enable checkout block” or similar setting and disable itSave changesAlternative method:Edit your Cart page (Pages > All Pages > Cart)Remove the Cart block and replace it with the [woocommerce_cart] shortcodeEdit your Checkout page (Pages > All Pages > Checkout)Remove the Checkout block and replace it with the [woocommerce_checkout] shortcodeImportant considerations:Draft orders only exist with the modern Cart/Checkout blocksClassic shortcode pages don’t create draft ordersYou’ll lose some modern features like dynamic updates during checkoutThe automatic stock reservation during checkout will also be removed

None of the above makes sense to me! WooCommerce is crap, pick Shopify over WooCommerce, you heard it hear first.

Hi,

Thank you for the reply.

I have tried all sorts, Google recaptcha, Cloudflare, email verification, guest checkout disabled etc, it’s not worked. As I mentioned, WooCommerce facilitates spammers and bots, it’s security element is poor.

My advice to anyone, if you can trade on Shopify, pick that platform over WordPress/ WooCommerce. As I mentioned, slow, clunky, bloated, plugin heavy etc etc. It’s a painful platform, this is demonstrated with no standard feature built in to stop draft orders taking up live order numbers.