Side Cart Woocommerce vs Modern Cart

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Side Cart Woocommerce

by xootix

Health A91

Modern Cart

by Brainstorm Force

Health A88

Active-install trajectory

Side Cart Woocommerce Modern Cart

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Side Cart Woocommerce	Modern Cart
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80K–90K ✓	60K–70K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	+200% ✓
Overall health	A · 91 ✓	A · 88
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	97/100 ✓	86/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.83★ ✓	4.38★
Reviews	452 ✓	11
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday	today ✓
Downloads · 30d	25.6K	29.7K ✓
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Side Cart Woocommerce Modern Cart

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.