Floating Minicart for WooCommerce
by Shiva Shanker Bhatta · eCommerce
Also makes 3 other plugins · 1.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Turn browsing into buying. Reduce checkout friction with a beautiful, high-performance floating minicart that keeps your customers focused on their pu …
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+63%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “sticky cart” and “woocommerce” 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.
82 health vs 71 average across 9,787 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 51.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,164 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 1 release 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
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 44 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.6★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 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.
28
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| minicart your tag | #1 | #6 | 0 |
| floating cart your tag | #22 | #24 | down 3 |
| woocommerce floating checkout | #18 | #24 | down 1 |
| woocommerce floating cart | #24 | #23 | — |
| sticky cart your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “sticky cart” and “woocommerce” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 480 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v4.1.2 · 19 Sep 2026
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 27% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 27 Jul 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ newguy3211236.9y ago
Works, but not much you can do with it from the Admin page. Maybe updates will come but the status says no updates for 7 months (as of Dec. 2019).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JRCode7.1y ago
The best plugin for floating carts. Simple and efficient. Love it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yesyeswordpress10.2y ago
It’s not working with the latest WP (and using Optimizer theme). First when I had not set any settings, it displayed for a little while, although when I opened my site in another tab (latest FF), it didn’t show at all there, but when I added a product, I did update on the first tab. I then tried the settings to style it (which can only be done to maybe half of the elements of the cart) and to move it over to the right and up a bit. That’s when it completely stopped showing. I deactivated, reinstalled, to no avail.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hemraj Adhikari10.2y ago
As per my client requirements to float mini cart like social share, this plugins gave me the solution in 5 minutes. The best plugin for floating mini cart for WooCommerce fan. Thank you authors.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ luckyagarwal324710.4y ago
The plugin is simple and easily setup. The drawback is that it overlaps the header on page, should have option to set position offset. Also when the page loads, first this floating cart will show up on the left, fully expanded, then the rest of the page loads. Makes the well designed websote look shabby.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mitsakos99910.5y ago
I didnt really troubleshoot it much, I preferred to restore from a backup BUT seems that once this is installed, you lode the possibility to modify your mega menu (Appearance > Menus)… it doesnt break existing functionality … you cannot modify anything anymore.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ saurav.rox10.7y ago
As this is the very first version of this plugin, I hope to see more & more options as well features on the next versions. Anyways, 5 stars for the plugin as well as concept.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Turn browsing into buying. Reduce checkout friction with a beautiful, high-performance floating minicart th..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("built for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,951 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "floating cart", "sticky cart" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-28 300+ → 200+ down after 338 days in tier
- 2025-02-24 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-23 300+ → 400+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2025-02-13 400+ → 300+ down after 249 days in tier
- 2024-06-09 500+ → 400+ down after 207 days in tier
- 2023-11-15 600+ → 500+ down after 34 days in tier
- 2023-10-12 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-10-10 600+ → 500+ down after 114 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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WPC Fly Cart for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C
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