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Direct Checkout – Quick View – Buy Now For WooCommerce

by GrandPlugins · eCommerce

Also makes 20 other plugins · 8.7K+ installs across the portfolio →

Quick View popups and Buy Now buttons for WooCommerce, so shoppers can see a product and buy it without leaving the page.

Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.

⚠ Few reviews

Health

A 87/100

Few reviews

Active installs

1K+

≈1.9K estimated

Momentum

+10%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “one click checkout” and “quick add to cart” for “buy” and “buy button”. “one click checkout” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “buy” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “quick add to cart” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “buy button” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

How scoring works →
87 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100
Security 98/100

87 health vs 71 average across 9,744 eCommerce plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

3.1%

of downloads still active

At least 1K of 32.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,139 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

Version
1.8
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2021-05-08 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
4.5.0
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
7.0

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.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100

Updated 54 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 54/100

5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ 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.

Get the full rank-higher report →

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+10% vs prior 30d
2331 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.5K · peaks are release surges

62331 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

Direct Checkout · #5159youQuicker · #29662Buy Now Button for W · #3087StoreGrowth · #4339

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

8731 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.

62331 Oct 2026

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

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

v1.7 57%
v1.6 34%
v1.5 9%
v1.1 0.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

Crossed into this band 35 days ago and the previous band took 13 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.

Install history since 17 Aug 2021

1K31 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ gaudenis
    3.7y ago

    Hey, awesome plugin, simple, easy to use. Is there any way to change the color of the button?

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ bbutler1991
    5.0y ago

    Works great. Does not remove other items from the cart like other quick buy plugins.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ jackievon51
    5.4y ago

    I have tried many [buy now] plugins, and can’t be used, but this plugin works perfectly, 5 stars!!!

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.8 Added: a note on the Products screen pointing out that shop and category pages have no Buy Now button. Added: a note when products are on sale with no end date. Both read your own shop, are dismissible, and stay quiet fo 1.8

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.8). Sites still on an older version should update.

  1. 2023-11-07 CVE-2023-47657 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 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 6.7.1

✓ 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

3 of 8 pass · checked 27 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 Mentions WooCommerce.
  • ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 2,925 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Direct Checkout", "one click checkout" do not.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-09-26 2K+ → 1K+ down after 376 days in tier
  2. 2025-09-15 1K+ → 2K+ up after 207 days in tier
  3. 2025-02-20 2K+ → 1K+ down after 363 days in tier
  4. 2024-02-23 1K+ → 2K+ up after 599 days in tier
  5. 2022-07-04 200+ → 1K+ up after 210 days in tier
  6. 2021-12-06 70+ → 200+ 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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Direct Checkout – Quick View – Buy Now For WooCommerce: 1K+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/quick-view-and-buy-now-for-woocommerce

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