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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “hide 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 “hide cart”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 6 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 #8 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 16 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

Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates places #6 on merit, 4.9★ from 1680 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 Side Cart Woocommerce | Woocommerce Cart 70K+ · 4.9★ (453) wp.org #1 2 Sliding Cart for WooCommerce by FunnelKit – Skip Cart & Reach WooCommerce Checkout Faster 30K+ · 5.0★ (111) wp.org #3 ↑2 1 too low 3 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Simple Shopping Cart 10K+ · 4.6★ (215) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #6 ↓3 1 too low 6 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #22 16 too low 7 XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (149) wp.org #15 ↓1 8 too low 8 WPC Fly Cart for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (61) wp.org #9 ↑2 1 too low 9 WC Hide Shipping Methods 20K+ · 4.2★ (44) wp.org #11 ↓3 2 too low 10 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #10 ↑3 11 Hide Shipping Method For WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 too high 12 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #24 ↓2 12 too low 13 WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #12 ↓2 1 too high 14 Ajax Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.4★ (39) wp.org #14 15 CartSuite – Cart All In One For WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (51) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 ↑5 12 too high 17 Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce 10K+ · 4.1★ (29) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too high 18 WPC Added To Cart Notification for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Mini Ajax Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 Fast Cart – Ultralight Ajax Side Cart for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Modal Fly Cart & AJAX Add to Cart for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.5★ (11) wp.org #20 ↑1 1 too high 22 WPC Sticky Add To Cart for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Conditional Add to Cart for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #23 24 ThemeHunk – Side Cart, Ajax Cart & Menu Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓4 16 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.