Hi Veronica,
Here are the steps you would need to follow in order to limit a maximum of 5 items, even though it can be in multiple orders.
1. Create a new category and add all the products that you want to limit to this category. For example “Category A”
2. In the plugin’s settings setup the following options:
– General > Mode > Product Quantitites
– General > Date range > This month
– Limits > Per product Category > Enable
3. Edit the category from Products > Categories > “Category A” and set the Limit per user as 5
This will limit the purchase of products in category A to 5 per user. It does not matter if the user purchases these 5 units in one order or multiple orders.
Secondly, to exclude products from the calculation you could either not add them to “Category A” or in the plugin’s settings Advanced > Exclude products and add any products that you want to be excluded here.
It is not possible to exclude a category as a whole.