Cart Validation for WooCommerce
by Sahil Multani · eCommerce
Restrict WooCommerce checkout by products, categories, user roles, and more. Create powerful cart validation rules.
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Health
B 76/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈20 estimated
Momentum
-1%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “checkout restriction” for “cart validation”. “checkout restriction” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “cart validation” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
76 health vs 71 average across 9,827 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.4%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 582 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,174 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 231 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
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.
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.
41
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 18d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 18d
+0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cart validation | #9 | #24 | 0 |
| cart restriction your tag | #18 | #24 | 0 |
| checkout restriction your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| country restriction your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| order restriction your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| product restriction your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “checkout restriction” for “cart validation”. “checkout restriction” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “cart validation” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 14 Mar 2026 · 234 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 70 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 20.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Restrict WooCommerce checkout by products, categories, user roles, and more. Create powerful cart validatio..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "use cases").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 20 headings and 10 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,883 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("cart restriction", "country restriction", "Order Restriction" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-21 10+ → 20+ 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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