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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “ajax cart”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “ajax cart”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 4 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

ThemeHunk – Side Cart, Ajax Cart & Menu Cart for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce places #4 on merit, 4.9★ from 1815 reviews, but shows at wp.org #9. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Ajax Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.4★ (39) wp.org #1 2 Ajax add to cart for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (78) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Side Cart Woocommerce | Woocommerce Cart 70K+ · 4.9★ (453) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.9★ (1815) wp.org #9 ↓4 5 too low 5 Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter 70K+ · 4.8★ (266) wp.org #10 ↑1 5 too low 6 Modern Cart – WooCommerce Side Cart & Popup Cart 60K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #3 ↓1 3 too high 7 Category AJAX Filter – Posts, Custom Post Types & Product Filter 6K+ · 4.9★ (158) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too low 8 Sliding Cart for WooCommerce by FunnelKit – Skip Cart & Reach WooCommerce Checkout Faster 30K+ · 5.0★ (111) wp.org #8 ↑4 9 Simple Shopping Cart 10K+ · 4.6★ (215) wp.org #14 ↑5 5 too low 10 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #15 ↓7 5 too low 11 Mini Ajax Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #5 ↑3 6 too high 12 WPC Fly Cart for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (61) wp.org #13 ↑5 1 too low 13 WPC AJAX Add to Cart for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (18) wp.org #7 ↓1 6 too high 14 Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 20K+ · 4.5★ (228) wp.org #18 ↓2 4 too low 15 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #19 ↓2 4 too low 16 XT Ajax Add To Cart for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (30) wp.org #16 ↓3 17 WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 Cart Popup for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.4★ (70) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.1★ (85) wp.org #23 ↓9 4 too low 20 Modal Fly Cart & AJAX Add to Cart for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.5★ (11) wp.org #12 ↓5 8 too high 21 Fast Cart – Ultralight Ajax Side Cart for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #17 ↓2 4 too high 22 Ajaxified Cart 300+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 ThemeHunk – Side Cart, Ajax Cart & Menu Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 17 too high 24 Add to Cart Ajax for Hello Elementor 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 4 too high

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.