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WPC Buy Now Button for WooCommerce

Name: WPC Buy Now Button for WooCommerce
Rating: 4.7 (15 reviews)
Author: WPClever

⤓ Download v2.2.2 on WordPress.org ↗

by WPCleverupdated 2026-05-11💎The Hidden Gem

Fast checkout functionality that sometimes arrives with a side of site errors

HealthyDeclining

76/100

The plugin provides a useful checkout shortcut despite reports of critical errors after updates.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy12/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum4/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

// Add "Buy Now" button after the Add to Cart button on product pages
add_action( 'woocommerce_after_add_to_cart_button', 'simple_buy_now_button' );
function simple_buy_now_button() {
    global $product;
    echo '<a href="' . esc_url( $product->add_to_cart_url() ) . '&buy_now=1" class="button buy-now-button">' . esc_html__( 'Buy Now', 'woocommerce' ) . '</a>';
}

// Handle the Buy Now redirect: clear cart, add product, redirect to checkout
add_action( 'wp_loaded', 'simple_buy_now_redirect' );
function simple_buy_now_redirect() {
    if ( empty( $_GET['buy_now'] ) || empty( $_GET['add-to-cart'] ) ) {
        return;
    }
    $product_id = absint( $_GET['add-to-cart'] );
    $quantity   = isset( $_GET['quantity'] ) ? absint( $_GET['quantity'] ) : 1;
    WC()->cart->empty_cart();
    WC()->cart->add_to_cart( $product_id, $quantity );
    wp_safe_redirect( wc_get_checkout_url() );
    exit;
}

Keep in mind:This covers the core single-product flow only; category filtering, shop-page buttons, shortcode placement, variable products, and the premium Instant Checkout popup are not included.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

4.7★

15 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-7%

Declining

75 → 69 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining · -7% in the last year

75/day a year ago→69/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

WPC Buy Now Button is generally praised for its ease of use, reliable functionality and responsive support, but a few users have encountered breaking errors after specific updates.

What people like

+Easy to use and straightforward×3
+Responsive and helpful support from the developers×3
+Works reliably on recent WordPress and WooCommerce versions×2
+Provides a functional Buy Now button that streamlines purchase with a single click
+Saves time by handling functionality that would otherwise need custom implementation
+Integrates well with WPC Added to Cart Notification plugin for a smooth shopping experience

Common complaints

−Critical error after updating to version 2.1.2 (since 2.1.2)
−Error reported after updating to version 1.2 on WordPress 6.1, rendering the plugin unusable (since 1.2)
−Does not provide options to select product variations, limiting use with variable products

Review trustMostly organic

4.73★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 15 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 15 analyzed

2025-03-17★★★★★2.1.2 update crushes my site drukpa108
2025-02-20★★★★★good pluging and nice support ahmed21100517
2025-02-03★★★★★Handy and useful Reza Manouchehri
2024-07-09★★★★★Good!dien99vn
2024-03-14★★★★★Smooth Integration & Superb Support: WPClever's E-commerce Plugins Rock dsl504t
2024-03-14★★★★★Perfect. Worked straight away. Just what I needed.Martin Koss
2023-07-27★★★★★Very easy and convenient to use.mmcafe
2023-07-14★★★★★Works well!gustravel
2023-05-10★★★★★good arnocn
2023-02-20★★★★★Great!metador

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-11v2.2.2
2026-03-16v2.2.1
2026-02-25v2.2.0
2025-11-26v2.1.9
2025-10-12v2.1.8
2025-08-22v2.1.7
2025-07-01v2.1.6
2025-06-18v2.1.5

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For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

1,085

Mean release-day peak (30d)

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+8.3%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

25%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.15

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

93%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.73 → 4.73★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered