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Side Cart Woocommerce | Woocommerce Cart

by xootix · eCommerce

Also makes 5 other plugins · 135K+ installs across the portfolio →

A powerful side cart designed to make shopping faster and easier. Give customers instant cart access and a seamless checkout experience.

How scoring works →
83 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 97/100
Support 36/100

83 health vs 68 average across 5,561 eCommerce plugins

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

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 96/100
Listing tuning 92/100
Support resolution 20/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-49% vs prior 30d
442Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

10.8K

now · peak 96.0K

25.6K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

Side Cart Woocommerc · #551 you Modern Cart · #681 Jimmy Cart Drawer fo · #49679 Sliding Cart for Woo · #951

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.9Stars · Aug 26

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.

320per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
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.

7

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v2.7.7

44

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.7.7 · 2mo ago2.7.6 · 2mo ago2.7.5 · 3mo ago2.7.4 · 4mo ago2.7.3 · 4mo ago2.7.2 · 8mo ago2.7.1 · 12mo ago2.7 · 1.0y ago2.6.8 · 1.2y ago2.6.7 · 1.2y ago2.6.6 · 1.2y ago2.6.5 · 1.3y ago2.6.4 · 1.3y ago2.6.3 · 1.4y ago

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.

v2.7 72%
v2.6 9.9%
v2.5 6.5%
v2.1 5.2%
Older / other versions 6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “80K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
80K–90K ≈89K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2018-11-15 · 1,442 observations

80KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
2.8.0
Last updated
yesterday
Added
2017-04-24 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 2.7.7 New option – Button Themes Improved settings UI 2.7.7
  2. Version 2.7.6 New option – Information box New option – Empty cart image New option – disable ajax fragments and refresh cart only when cart is opened 2.7.6
  3. Version 2.7.5 Fix – Count size not working 2.7.5
  4. Version 2.7.4 Fix – Count size not working 2.7.4
  5. Version 2.7.3 Core files update 2.7.3
  6. Version 2.7.2 New – add basket to multiple menus new – styling options 2.7.2

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2024-06-05 CVE-2024-5324 Missing Authorization Affects 2.5 Patched in 2.5.1
  2. 2023-06-28 CVE-2023-28415 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.2 Patched in 2.3
  3. 2023-02-02 CVE-2022-45376 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects < 2.1 Patched in 2.1
  4. 2022-01-13 CVE-2022-0215 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.0 Patched in 2.1

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

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 27 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Czech 100%
Portuguese (Brazil) 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Russian 94%
Dutch 88%
Croatian 83%
Dutch (Belgium) 83%
Dutch (Formal) 83%
Greek 83%
Hebrew 83%
Italian 83%
Japanese 83%
Persian 83%
Slovak 83%
Spanish (Colombia) 83%
Spanish (Ecuador) 83%
Spanish (Mexico) 83%
Spanish (Venezuela) 83%
Swedish 83%
Ukrainian 83%
German 77%
German (Formal) 77%
Romanian 38%

Plus 3 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-01-20 90K+ → 80K+ down after 83 days in tier
  2. 2024-10-29 80K+ → 90K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-10-28 90K+ → 80K+ down after 4 days in tier
  4. 2024-10-24 80K+ → 90K+ up after 72 days in tier
  5. 2024-08-13 70K+ → 80K+ up after 178 days in tier
  6. 2024-02-17 60K+ → 70K+ up

Competes with

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