Direct Checkout for WooCommerce vs Ajax add to cart for WooCommerce

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

Direct Checkout for WooCommerce

by quadlayers

Health A91

Ajax add to cart for WooCommerce

by quadlayers

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Direct Checkout for WooCommerce Ajax add to cart for WooCommerce

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	Direct Checkout for WooCommerce	Ajax add to cart for WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70K–80K ✓	10K–20K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-13%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 91 ✓	A · 89
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	95/100 ✓	91/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.76★ ✓	4.61★
Reviews	408 ✓	78
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	99/100 ✓	81/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	yesterday	yesterday
Downloads · 30d	10.4K ✓	3.8K
Category	eCommerce	eCommerce

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

Release activity

Direct Checkout for WooCommerce Ajax add to cart for WooCommerce

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.