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

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 “cart button”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 8 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

Change Add to Cart Button Text for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 4132 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #1 2 Side Cart Woocommerce | Woocommerce Cart 70K+ · 4.9★ (453) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce – Recover Lost Sales with Automated Emails 300K+ · 4.8★ (625) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Simple Shopping Cart 10K+ · 4.6★ (215) wp.org #7 ↑2 3 too low 5 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too low 6 Sliding Cart for WooCommerce by FunnelKit – Skip Cart & Reach WooCommerce Checkout Faster 30K+ · 5.0★ (111) wp.org #8 ↓2 2 too low 7 Modern Cart – WooCommerce Side Cart & Popup Cart 60K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Ajax add to cart for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (78) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button 200K+ · 4.9★ (696) wp.org #14 ↑5 5 too low 10 Custom Add to Cart Button Label and Link for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.6★ (27) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #22 ↑1 11 too low 12 WPC Fly Cart for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (61) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Change Add to Cart Button Text for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #6 ↑1 7 too high 14 Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 20K+ · 4.5★ (228) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too low 15 WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 Ajax Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.4★ (39) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Add to Cart Button Custom Text 9K+ · 4.6★ (12) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 CartSuite – Cart All In One For WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (51) wp.org #23 ↓2 4 too low 20 Quick Buy Now Button for WooCommerce 50K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #13 7 too high 21 Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.1★ (85) wp.org #24 ↓2 3 too low 22 WPC Buy Now Button for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #19 ↓3 3 too high 23 Add To Cart Button Customizations 400+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #20 ↓3 3 too high 24 ThemeHunk – Side Cart, Ajax Cart & Menu Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 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.