Easy Digital Downloads – Keep AddToCart
by Phil Johnston · eCommerce
Also makes 3 other plugins · 430+ installs across the portfolio →
Keep the "Add To Cart" ajax button on the screen instead of switching to a "Checkout" button. This way, multiples can be added to …
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
20+
≈25 estimated
Momentum
-57%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “digital downloads”, “download” and “downloads” 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.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,182 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3166 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 7.1
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3166 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| digital downloads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| download your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| downloads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| e store your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| eshop your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “digital downloads”, “download” and “downloads” 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 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 160 · 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.
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; the previous band took 16 months to cross, which places it about 52% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Sep 2015
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 4 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Keep the "Add To Cart" ajax button on the screen instead of switching to a "Checkout" button. This way, mul..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Easy Digital Downloads.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 597 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "e-store", "eshop" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-25 30+ → 20+ down after 468 days in tier
- 2024-12-12 40+ → 30+ down after 266 days in tier
- 2024-03-21 50+ → 40+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2024-03-06 40+ → 50+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2024-02-18 50+ → 40+ down after 197 days in tier
- 2023-08-05 60+ → 50+ down after 128 days in tier
- 2023-03-30 70+ → 60+ down after 122 days in tier
- 2022-11-28 80+ → 70+ down after 55 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).
- E Easy Digital Downloads – Location Export 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 5 shared tags D
- E Easy Digital Downloads – Terms Per Product 90+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
- E Easy Digital Downloads Affiliate Banners 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
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Easy Media Download 9K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags A -
Easy Digital Downloads Free Link 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A - A Affiliates Manager and Sell Digital Downloads 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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