WooCommerce wc_get_orders() caching - php

Question

I have a customer service area where the user can view orders from the front-end (if user has shop_manager role).
The orders are retrieved via the wc_get_orders function. I am attempting to sort these orders, via ajax from this page, but it seems that the order query is being cached? I can get one ajax sort to happen, but then that seems to be cached and can't be bypassed. I could be wrong, but I'm using basically the exact same setup with retrieving/sorting users, using WP_User_Query, and it will sort all day.
User orders endpoint
add_action( 'woocommerce_account_user-orders_endpoint', 'child_account_user_orders_endpoint_template' );
function child_account_user_orders_endpoint_template() {
$user_id = get_current_user_id();
if ( $user_id <= 0 ) {
return;
}
$args = array();
$qvar = get_query_var( 'only_completed', 0 );
$qvar = $qvar === 0 ? false : true;
if ( $qvar === true ) {
$args['status'] = array( 'wc-completed' );
$args['only_completed'] = true;
}
wc_get_template( 'myaccount/form-user-orders.php', $args );
}
form-user-orders.php
...
// Orders statuses
$statuses = wc_get_order_statuses();
unset( $statuses['wc-completed'], $statuses['wc-cancelled'] );
$orderby = 'date';
$order = 'DESC';
$default_args = array(
'status' => array_keys( $statuses ),
'limit' => $per_page,
'paginate' => true,
'paged' => $paged,
'date_after' => $date,
'orderby' => $orderby,
'order' => $order
);
$args = ! empty( $args ) ? $args : null;
$args = ( null !== $args ) ? array_merge( $default_args, $args ) : $default_args;
$results = wc_get_orders( $args );
Ajax to happen after clicking sort arrows
$.ajax({
type: 'post',
url: localized.ajax_url,
data: {
'action': 'user_management_sorting',
'orderby': orderBy,
'order': order,
'only_completed': only_completed,
'endpoint': shop_managers_form.managersForm.data( 'endpoint' )
},
dataType: 'json',
beforeSend: function(response){
shop_managers_form.managersForm.find( 'th.sortable' ).removeClass( 'sorted' );
shop_managers_form.globalAjaxLoader.fadeIn(400);
},
complete: function(response){
shop_managers_form.globalAjaxLoader.fadeOut(400);
},
success: function(response){
console.log( response );
shop_managers_form.managersForm.find( '.response-area' ).html('').html( response.html );
$( '#' + sortingHeader.attr( 'id' ) ).addClass( 'sorted' ).attr( 'data-order', shop_managers_form.next_order( order ) );
}
});
Ajax action
add_action( 'wp_ajax_user_management_sorting', 'child_user_management_sorting_response' );
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_user_management_sorting', 'child_user_management_sorting_response' );
function child_user_management_sorting_response() {
ob_start();
$orderby = $_POST['orderby'];
$order = ! empty( $_POST['order'] ) ? $_POST['order'] : 'ASC';
$only_completed = json_decode( $_POST['only_completed'] );
$base = wc_get_endpoint_url( $_POST['endpoint'], '', get_permalink( get_option( 'woocommerce_myaccount_page_id' ) ) );
$args = array(
'orderby' => $orderby,
'order' => $order,
'from_ajax' => true,
'base_url' => $base
);
if ( $only_completed === true ) {
$args['status'] = array( 'wc-completed' );
$args['only_completed'] = true;
}
if ( 'user-management' === $_POST['endpoint'] ) {
$uses_meta = array( '_quickbooks_account_no', 'billing_company', 'authorized_user_status' );
if ( in_array( $orderby, $uses_meta ) ) {
$args['orderby'] = 'meta_value';
$args['meta_key'] = $orderby;
}
}
wc_get_template( 'myaccount/form-' . $_POST['endpoint'] . '.php', $args );
$html = ob_get_clean();
if ( ! empty( $html ) ) {
$message = 'success';
} else {
$html = '';
$message = 'failure';
}
echo json_encode( array(
'message' => $message,
'html' => $html
));
wp_die();
}
I can make things semi-work by accessing these straight from the database via $wpdb->get_results() but I don't really want to figure out the whole raw sql for joining all the tables, then trying to access all the order info that I need this way..
Any ideas to get around the caching of wc_get_orders or alternative methods to accomplish this?