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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “quick 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 “quick cart”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 9 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

Addonify – Quick View For WooCommerce shows at wp.org #14 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Quick View For WooCommerce places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 99 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce – Recover Lost Sales with Automated Emails 300K+ · 4.8★ (625) wp.org #1 2 Side Cart Woocommerce | Woocommerce Cart 70K+ · 4.9★ (453) wp.org #2 3 Sliding Cart for WooCommerce by FunnelKit – Skip Cart & Reach WooCommerce Checkout Faster 30K+ · 5.0★ (111) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Modern Cart – WooCommerce Side Cart & Popup Cart 60K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 WPC Smart Quick View for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (149) wp.org #16 ↑1 8 too low 9 Quick View For WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (99) wp.org #18 ↓2 9 too low 10 WPC Fly Cart for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (61) wp.org #10 11 WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #11 12 Add to Cart Redirect for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.9★ (101) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.1★ (85) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 YITH WooCommerce Quick View 80K+ · 3.8★ (27) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 Quick Buy Now Button for WooCommerce 50K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 CartSuite – Cart All In One For WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (51) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Fast Cart – Ultralight Ajax Side Cart for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 WPC AJAX Add to Cart for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (18) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too high 19 Cart Lift – Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce and EDD 900+ · 4.8★ (9) wp.org #19 20 WPC Added To Cart Notification for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #20 21 Addonify – Quick View For WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 WPC Sticky Add To Cart for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Direct Checkout – Quick View – Buy Now For WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 QODE Quick View for WooCommerce 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 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.