Buy Now Button for WooCommerce
by Ido Navarro · eCommerce
Also makes 7 other plugins · 4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Customers expect a fast and seamless shopping experience. Give shoppers the easiest way to make a purchase. The Buy Now Button for WooCommerce will he …
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “buy now”, “buy now button” and “quick buy” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 71 average across 9,786 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 48.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,162 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
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1041 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
3.5★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 3.99★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1041 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| buy now your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| buy now button your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| quick buy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shop now your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| skip to checkout your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “buy now”, “buy now button” and “quick buy” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.7K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
2.9y ago
latest release · v1.0.1 · 27 Dec 2023
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 27 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.
Install history since 26 Jul 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dk92.5y ago
After clicking buy now it opens the cart slider This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by dk9.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ José Luis Hernández3.9y ago
No tiene para ajustar el texto del boton, ni cambiar como se va a ver el boton. Además de que no se ve bien en la vista de tarjeta de los productos.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ amith3184.1y ago
awesome, need to only activate no need to configure
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ markjonathanaliwanag4.3y ago
Sadly, “Variable Product” is not supported by this plugin. Only single product proceeds to checkout. Hoping that it will be supported soon!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kreativutsikt4.8y ago
Inspect a single product now. Plugin added <no_index> to all of our products. Set us back months.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ caramella11234.9y ago
THANK YOU FOR YOUR JOB, THE PLUGIN WORK REALLY WELL, I HOPE YOU WILL MAKE UPDATE WITH LAST WORDPRESS VERSION. THANK YOU
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ravelra20215.3y ago
There’s a subscription version at woocommerce official, but it’s too pricy, so thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vinayakn5.4y ago
When we click on this button, it does the same thing as add to cart, it adds products to cart. It doesn’t directly go to the checkout page. how to resolve this? This topic was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by vinayakn.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 7 languages, 3 at 90% or more · development strings
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Customers expect a fast and seamless shopping experience. Give shoppers the easiest way to make a purchase...."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 7 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,411 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("quick buy", "shop now", "skip to checkout" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-06 2K+ → 1K+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-10-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-09-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 178 days in tier
- 2026-04-04 3K+ → 2K+ down after 133 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 4K+ → 3K+ down after 156 days in tier
- 2025-06-19 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-18 4K+ → 5K+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2025-05-24 5K+ → 4K+ down after 13 days in tier
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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Buy Now for WooCommerce – Quick Checkout by TheForge — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags - B Buy Now Button – Woocommerce — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Themeslab Direct Checkout & Buy Now Button for WooCommerce — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
WPC Buy Now Button for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Buy Now Button for WooCommerce 5K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
WC Buy Now Button 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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