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

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 edit”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Mini Ajax Cart for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #13 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 800+ 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 #10 on merit, 4.9★ from 4132 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Sliding Cart for WooCommerce by FunnelKit – Skip Cart & Reach WooCommerce Checkout Faster 30K+ · 5.0★ (111) wp.org #1 2 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #2 3 Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 20K+ · 4.5★ (228) wp.org #3 4 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Bulky – Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (53) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.1★ (84) wp.org #6 7 XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (149) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8 FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce – Faster, Lighter, and Simpler 9K+ · 4.5★ (46) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too high 9 CartSuite – Cart All In One For WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (51) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #21 11 too low 11 Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers 1K+ · 4.7★ (138) wp.org #15 ↑1 4 too low 12 Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (303) wp.org #20 8 too low 13 CartBounty – Save and recover abandoned carts for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #17 ↑1 4 too low 14 Recarto – Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.5★ (28) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Cart Lift – Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce and EDD 900+ · 4.8★ (9) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 WPC Added To Cart Notification for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (584) wp.org #19 ↓2 2 too low 18 Add to Cart Custom Redirect for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.5★ (14) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too high 20 Mini Ajax Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #13 7 too high 21 Cart recovery for WordPress 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Live Carts for WooCommerce: Track Active, Abandoned, and Converted Carts & Wishlists in Real Time! 900+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Mini Cart for WooCommerce – Side Cart & Fast Checkout 600+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too high 24 WPBulky – WordPress Bulk Edit Post Types 400+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #22 2 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.