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Cargus

by Cargus eCommerce · eCommerce

Use Cargus delivery methods to ship and deliver your orders.

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⚠ Few reviews

Health

B 75/100

Few reviews

Active installs

700+

≈750 estimated

Momentum

+38%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “cart”, “e commerce” and “shop” 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.

How scoring works →
75 Health · B
Maintenance 82/100
Rating quality 60/100
Support 70/100
Security 98/100

75 health vs 71 average across 9,746 eCommerce plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

4.4%

of downloads still active

At least 700 of 15.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,142 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.

This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.

Details

Version
1.6.0
Last updated
7mo ago
Added
2022-07-29 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
6.9.11
Requires PHP
7.4

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.

86 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 92/100

Updated 222 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 52/100

2.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 3.94★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 13 Nov 2022 · 1,449 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+38% vs prior 30d
2231 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.4K · peaks are release surges

38631 Oct 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

Cargus · #7671youWelcart e-Commerce · #1464Omnibus · #1756TI WooCommerce Wishl · #413

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

231 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

7531 Oct 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.

55131 Oct 2026

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

2

releases in the last 12 months

7mo ago

latest release · v1.6.0 · 23 Mar 2026

29

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.6.0 · 23 Mar 20261.5.9 · 11 Mar 20261.5.7 · 20 Oct 20251.5.6 · 13 Oct 20251.5.5 · 1 Oct 20251.5.4 · 28 May 20251.5.3 · 9 May 20251.5.2 · 3 Apr 20251.5.1 · 18 Mar 20251.5.0 · 26 Feb 20251.4.6 · 10 Jun 20241.4.5 · 30 Apr 20241.4.4 · 27 Mar 20241.4.2 · 21 Dec 2023

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 68% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.6 68%
v1.5 25%
v1.4 6.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
700–800 ≈750

Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 47% of the way through.

Install history since 12 Nov 2022

70031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ costy29
    2.0y ago

    In primul rand NU functioneaza cu ultimele versiuni de woocommerce in sensul ca NU apare meniul de generare awb, iar in al 2-lea rand cred ca ar fi fost normal sa raspunda la mesajele utilizatorilor si sa incerce sa rezolve BUG-urile raportate.

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  2. ★★★★★ thepixelmaker
    2.1y ago

    Revin cu un update aprilie 2025. Modulul a fost imbunatatit, nu mai ingreuneaza functionearea in admin si frontend. Este mult mai ok. 2 imbunatatiri pe care le propun dezvoltatorilor. Campul de strada sa fie mai permisiv. Sa nu te oblige sa alegi din lista atunci cand strazile sunt in nomenclator. Sa fie lasat campul mai liber pentru client, daca nu se gaseste strada in lista sa nu blocheze adaugarea manuala a strazii. Daca sunt erori la codul postal, se pot corecta in admin inainte de generare awb. Poate ar fi util si un animatie cu ajaxloader cand se genereaza optiunile din select -> Oras, strada Ar fi utila si o optiune de tracking pentru client, ca o nota (email catre client) cu link de urmarire, sau chiar ca o informatie atasata comenzii in aria de client. noiembrie 2024: Dupa cum a mai scris cineva, iti ingreuneaza vizibil raspunsul site-ului, mai ales in admin. Avantajul este ca poti genera rapid awb-uri, dar doar atat This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by thepixelmaker.

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  3. ★★★★★ iacobescu
    3.5y ago

    I don’t know when this started but it became more and more disturbing. Why they need admin rights to my site when the error can be seen from any browser as simple user? More and more plugin developers are asking for it, as there is not GDPR regulation and many sensitive data on the sites, and can give access to everybody as they ask for. Please setup a test environment by yourself if you need it and stop disturbing the clients with giving you admin right on their sites. In this particular case pissed me off for an error where the Postal Code can not be calculated if you enter the number 1 (ONE) as the street number (Country, County, City and Street name being corect filled in advance). Have told them about the issue even with prescreens from the Chrome browser in developer mode. Have explained that it can be reproduced in any client browser as user and not need any admin right to see the bug. Just put the Chrome browser in developer mode and check the box to break on any uncatched error. Open the cart page and fill the address information puting number 1 (ONE) as street number. This will triger the error and the debugger will stop on it. Then you just move the breakpoint to the beginning of the function and refresh the page. Analize the data, execute the function step by step and you can see where is the error and how can be fixed. So please, just stop wasting the others time with the incompetence of the commercial department and just pass the tickets to the developers, because in 90% of the time the errors can be reproduced and solved without the need of site admin access.

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  4. ★★★★★ Eduard Doloc
    3.9y ago

    A fost o surpriză plăcută să descopăr că au făcut și ei o integrare și au urcat-o în repo-ul de WP, desigur era mai bine să ne și fi anunțat (ca și dev/integratori/clienți). Pentru versiunea 1.0.1 am întâlnit următoarele 4 probleme (majore) + 1 simplu bug: 1. ship & go este slab construită, se blochează browser-ul din cauza numărului ENORM de mare de elemente DOM (550k+ elemente) pe care le introduce în browser atunci când aduce harta și locațiile; deci nu recomand să folosiți această opțiune deoarece o să se blocheze checkout-ul la utilizatori 2. obligativitatea codului poștal, dacă nu există nu poți să generezi AWB; când o să fie codul poștal scris pe buletinul clientului, atunci ar trebui cerut obligatoriu în rest nu; eu mi-am rezolvat problema asta prin a defini 000000 dacă este gol codul poștal din comandă, sper să vedem un update și de la autori. 3. documentația este inexistentă (nu merg link-urile) iar ca bonus: 4. interfața nu este chiar cea mai prietenoasă/intuitivă: 4.1 nu ai buton dedicat de generare awb, ai în selectorul de acțiuni opțiune de creare, ștergere sau print (prost organizate, poți ușor să selecteze operatorul greșit) 4.2. după fiecare acțiune selectată, trebuie să o trimiți și să aștepți răspuns 4.3 ajungi să faci un total de 2 selecții + 2 click doar pentru a scoate awb (în condiții ideale), față de un buton clasic cum se vede în restul industriei în care îți iese direct awb-ul la un singur click (fără alte interacțiuni). 5. nu merge pe HPOS – la modul nu apare nimic în zona de admin (incl. bulk, generare, etc.) Kudos pentru opțiunea de bulk, am testat un pic și acolo este mai OK, pentru comenzile invalide le sare și îți vine mesaj că s-a generat doar pentru comenzile x și y, nu și z (fără să zică motivul). This topic was modified 11 months, 1 week ago by Eduard Doloc.

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Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.6.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

  1. 2026-01-17 CVE-2026-24589 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.5.8 Patched in 1.5.9

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

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

1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

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

  • ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
  • ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
  • ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 1,643 characters of description.
  • ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("cart", "e-commerce", "shop", "store", "woocommerce" missing).

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-05-14 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-12 700+ → 600+ down after 14 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-28 600+ → 700+ up after 404 days in tier
  4. 2025-03-20 500+ → 600+ up after 26 days in tier
  5. 2025-02-22 600+ → 500+ down after 3 days in tier
  6. 2025-02-19 500+ → 600+ up after 226 days in tier
  7. 2024-07-08 400+ → 500+ up after 128 days in tier
  8. 2024-03-02 300+ → 400+ up after 188 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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