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

Remove Cart Products shows at wp.org #4 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 100+ 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

XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce places #8 on merit, 4.6★ from 149 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. 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★ (626) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Side Cart Woocommerce | Woocommerce Cart 70K+ · 4.9★ (453) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Sliding Cart for WooCommerce by FunnelKit – Skip Cart & Reach WooCommerce Checkout Faster 30K+ · 5.0★ (111) wp.org #3 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 1 too low 6 WPC Fly Cart for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (61) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 20K+ · 4.5★ (228) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (149) wp.org #15 ↑1 7 too low 9 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #9 10 WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #10 11 Ajax Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.4★ (39) wp.org #13 ↑1 2 too low 12 Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.1★ (84) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Cart PDF for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (26) wp.org #16 ↑1 3 too low 14 Add to Cart Redirect for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.9★ (101) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too low 15 Cart Notices for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (41) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 CartSuite – Cart All In One For WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (51) wp.org #19 3 too low 17 Remove Cart Products 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 13 too high 18 Minimum Purchase Amount For Woo Cart – For WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.7★ (9) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too high 19 Recarto – Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.5★ (28) wp.org #23 4 too low 20 Cart Lift – Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce and EDD 900+ · 4.8★ (9) wp.org #20 21 MMWD Remove Add To Cart for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (13) wp.org #21 22 Fast Cart – Ultralight Ajax Side Cart for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #22 23 Modal Fly Cart & AJAX Add to Cart for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.5★ (11) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 ThemeHunk – Side Cart, Ajax Cart & Menu Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 12 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.