WP Stripe Cart – Fast, lightweight Stripe Shopping Cart for WordPress
by LUDICROUS inc. · eCommerce
A fast, lightweight Stripe cart for WordPress. Manage products in Stripe, sell with a shortcode — no store to build, no monthly fees.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “ecommerce”, “payments” and “shopping cart” 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.
83 health vs 71 average across 9,767 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,151 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 48 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ecommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payments your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shopping cart your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stripe your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stripe checkout your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 3 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
- “ecommerce”, “payments” and “shopping cart” 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 1 Nov 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 108 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 21 Oct 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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
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
8 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 "A fast, lightweight Stripe cart for WordPress. Manage products in Stripe, sell with a shortcode — no store..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use cases", "if you have", "for agencies").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Stripe.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,248 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "stripe checkout" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Contact Form 7 – PayPal & Stripe Add-on 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
WP Stripe Checkout 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
WooCommerce 7M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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