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Ajax Cart AutoUpdate for WooCommerce

by taisho · eCommerce

Also makes 2 other plugins · 16.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

A light plugin that automatically updates cart page and mini-cart when product quantity is changed. Removes the default "Update cart" button …

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned

Health

D 53/100

Stale · Likely abandoned

Active installs

7K+

≈7.8K estimated

Momentum

+33%

low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month

Biggest opportunity: One page off on “autoupdate”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.

How scoring works →
53 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 98/100
Support 70/100

53 health vs 71 average across 9,845 eCommerce plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

8.0%

of downloads still active

At least 7K of 87.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,181 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21.

Details

Version
1.5.5
Last updated
5.6y ago
Added
2019-05-11 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
5.7.21
Requires PHP
5.4

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

52 / 100

Room to improve

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 3/100

Updated 2045 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 19/100

Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 7.1

Rating quality 97/100

5.0★ over 214 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.8★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 2045 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+33% low volume vs prior 30d
134 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 781 · peaks are release surges

5894 Nov 2026

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Ajax Cart AutoUpdate · #2523youAjaxified Cart · #10320Menu Cart for WooCom · #556SearchWP Live Ajax S · #792

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

54 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

534 Nov 2026

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

844 Nov 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

5.6y ago

latest release · v1.5.5 · 30 Mar 2021

13

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5.5 · 30 Mar 20211.5.4 · 13 Apr 20201.5.3 · 4 Jan 20201.5.2 · 8 Dec 20191.5.1 · 15 Nov 20191.5 · 14 Nov 20191.4.2 · 14 Aug 20191.4.1 · 13 Aug 20191.4 · 3 Aug 20191.03 · 30 Jul 20191.02 · 6 Jun 20191.01 · 16 May 20191.0 · 12 May 2019

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.5 100%
v1.4 0.3%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “7K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
7K–8K ≈7.8K

Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 8K.

Install history since 17 Nov 2019

7K4 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ alphaomegawebdesign
    9mo ago

    Very good, very slim. Perfect. Thank you.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ bonddlegion
    10mo ago

    Works flawlesly and we finaly rid of of “refresh” button in cart. Nice work!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ mnjdecoracion
    12mo ago

    Very useful plugin!!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  4. ★★★★★ huzaifa0300
    2.1y ago

    Plugin is working fine but it’s showing this error:WooCommerce has detected that some of your active plugins are incompatible with currently enabled WooCommerce features.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. ★★★★★ David
    2.3y ago

    Unfortunately, HPOS compatibility is not declared, but the code is compatible [by my review]. You can add code to the primary plugin file to declare compatibility if you would like: add_action('before_woocommerce_init', function(){ if ( class_exists( \Automattic\WooCommerce\Utilities\FeaturesUtil::class ) ) { \Automattic\WooCommerce\Utilities\FeaturesUtil::declare_compatibility( 'custom_order_tables', __FILE__, true ); }});

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. ★★★★★ Samuel222
    2.3y ago

    Hello, is possible to update this plugin to meet HPOS requirements please?

    Read on wp.org ↗
  7. ★★★★★ anze
    2.6y ago

    Great plugin! Does what it says. But I was wondering if you could update it to support WooCommerce’s HPOS. I want to enable it, but it says that your plugin isn’t compatible with it.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  8. ★★★★★ ethericweb
    2.9y ago

    Super simple and works great! 🙂 Good job, thank you!

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.5.5 Tested for compatibility with WordPress 5.7 and WooCommerce 5.1. Replaced deprecated jQuery code in admin panel that generated a notice in console. New setting – enable the plugin on the checkout page. Disabled by defaul 1.5.5
  2. — Version 1.5.4 Added info about compatibility with PHP 7.4. Added info about compatibility with WordPress 5.4. Added info about compatibility with WooCommerce 4.0. The oldest supported WooCommerce version is now 3.0 (previously 2.6). W 1.5.4
  3. — Version 1.5.3 Fixed a problem with “Update cart” button still showing on some themes. CSS selector for hiding it is now consistent with more flexible jQuery selector used to update cart values. 1.5.3
  4. — Version 1.5.2 Reworked the code to make translate.wordpress.org load all strings for translation automatically. 1.5.2
  5. — Version 1.5.1 Fix – eliminated a PHP notice related to the new setting. The plugin is now correctly marked as WordPress 5.3 compatible. 1.5.1
  6. — Version 1.5 Increased required WordPress version from 4.4 to 4.6 for translate.wordpress.org compatibility. Tested for compatibility with WooCommerce 3.8.0. Tested for compatibility with WordPress 5.3. New setting – custom color for 1.5

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Russian 100%

AI assistants

How it's measured →

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

5 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "A light plugin that automatically updates cart page and mini-cart when product quantity is changed. Removes..."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
  • ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
  • ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ! Enough to quote 951 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "autoupdate" does not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-17 8K+ → 7K+ down after 108 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-01 9K+ → 8K+ down after 135 days in tier
  3. 2025-12-17 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1881 days in tier
  4. 2020-10-23 1K+ → 10K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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Ajax Cart AutoUpdate for WooCommerce: 7K+ active installs, 5.0★ (214 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-04. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ajax-cart-autoupdate-for-woocommerce

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