Portus

<p>Portus Cart for WooCommerce adds a fast, responsive side cart to WooCommerce stores. It helps customers review cart items, update quantities, apply coupons, remove products and continue to checkout without leaving the current page.</p>
<p>The plugin focuses on the essential cart workflow:</p>
<ul>
<li>Responsive side cart panel.</li>
<li>Customizable floating cart button with four local SVG icons, sizes, shapes, colors, counter positions and responsive visibility.</li>
<li>Automatic opening after WooCommerce AJAX add to cart.</li>
<li>Quantity updates without reloading the page.</li>
<li>Apply and remove WooCommerce coupons without reloading the page.</li>
<li>Remove cart items without reloading the page.</li>
<li>Checkout and cart page links.</li>
<li>Low stock alerts.</li>
<li>Admin settings for colors, button labels, positioning and compatibility.</li>
<li>Basic plugin health screen for environment checks.</li>
<li>Scoped frontend styles to reduce theme conflicts.</li>
</ul>
<p>Portus Cart uses WordPress and WooCommerce APIs, WooCommerce cart fragments and prefixed CSS classes for the plugin interface. All features included in this WordPress.org package are available without a license key.</p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or newer.</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or newer.</li>
<li>WooCommerce active.</li>
<li>A theme that prints the standard WordPress footer hook.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Configuration</h3>
<p>After activation, open the Portus Cart settings page to adjust:</p>
<ul>
<li>Cart title.</li>
<li>Floating cart button icon, size, shape, colors, counter, responsive visibility and spacing.</li>
<li>Primary and accent colors.</li>
<li>Checkout, cart and empty cart button labels.</li>
<li>Optional custom URL for the empty cart button.</li>
<li>Coupon field follows the standard WooCommerce coupon setting.</li>
<li>Automatic opening after AJAX add to cart.</li>
<li>Panel width, z-index and overlay opacity.</li>
<li>Low stock notices and basic checkout behavior.</li>
</ul>
<p>The default settings are designed to work with most WooCommerce themes without additional code.</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>Portus Cart for WooCommerce does not send customer data to an external service. The plugin works with the local WordPress and WooCommerce cart session.</p>
<p>Cart content, quantities and totals are handled by WooCommerce. Store owners should review their WooCommerce privacy policy and payment/shipping integrations separately.</p>


Portus Cart for WooCommerce

Responsive AJAX side cart for WooCommerce with coupons, item removal, quantity controls and a floating cart button.

Deftcoders

<p>DeftCoders – Ajax Side Cart for WooCommerce adds a modern sliding cart drawer to your WooCommerce store.</p>
<p>Customers can view and edit their cart instantly without reloading the page, improving checkout flow and conversion rates. The cart drawer activates immediately after activation — no configuration required.</p>
<p>Perfect for:</p>
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce stores looking for a better cart experience</li>
<li>Modern cart drawer UX</li>
<li>Mobile shopping</li>
<li>Faster checkout flow</li>
</ul>
<h4>AJAX Side Cart Drawer</h4>
<ul>
<li>Opens instantly when a product is added to cart — no page reload</li>
<li>Quantity controls with live subtotal update</li>
<li>Remove items without leaving the page</li>
<li>Direct checkout button inside the drawer</li>
<li>“View Cart” and “Continue Shopping” buttons in footer</li>
<li>Live cart item count badge on the floating button</li>
<li>Swipe to close on mobile</li>
</ul>
<h4>Sticky Add-to-Cart Bar</h4>
<ul>
<li>Appears on single product pages when the native Add to Cart button scrolls above the viewport</li>
<li>Shows product thumbnail, name, price, optional quantity selector, and Add to Cart button</li>
<li>Clicking adds to cart and immediately opens the drawer</li>
<li>Variable products display a “Select Options” link that scrolls to the native form</li>
<li>Fully configurable — enable/disable, custom button text, show/hide quantity</li>
</ul>
<h4>Smart Upsell Engine</h4>
<ul>
<li>Related product suggestions powered automatically by WooCommerce</li>
<li>Cross-sell products configured per product in WooCommerce</li>
<li>Same-category recommendations</li>
<li>Frequently Bought Together mode</li>
<li>One-click add to cart directly from inside the drawer</li>
<li>Optional sale/featured badges and star ratings</li>
<li>Configurable section title and card/row layouts</li>
</ul>
<h4>Multi-Tier Cart Goals</h4>
<ul>
<li>Up to 3 milestone goals on a visual progress track</li>
<li>Animated icon unlocks when each amount is reached</li>
<li>Progress message updates dynamically as items are added</li>
<li>Example: $50 <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Free Shipping · $100 <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Free Gift · $150 <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> 10% Off</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free Shipping Progress Bar</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fills as the customer adds items toward the threshold</li>
<li>Customizable messages with {amount} placeholder support</li>
<li>Animated success state when goal is reached</li>
</ul>
<h4>Behavior and Open Triggers</h4>
<ul>
<li>Auto-open on Add to Cart — recommended for highest conversion</li>
<li>Scroll trigger — opens after the customer scrolls a configurable percentage of the page</li>
<li>Delay trigger — opens automatically after a configurable number of seconds</li>
<li>Manual mode — floating button click only</li>
<li>Exit intent — opens when the cursor moves toward the browser address bar (desktop)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Countdown Urgency Timer</h4>
<ul>
<li>Three modes: Cart Reserved, Discount Expires, Free Shipping Ends</li>
<li>Configurable duration (minutes)</li>
<li>Resets each time the drawer opens</li>
<li>Colour-coded per mode</li>
</ul>
<h4>Coupons Inside the Cart</h4>
<ul>
<li>Collapsible coupon field in the cart footer</li>
<li>Apply and remove coupons without leaving the cart</li>
<li>Supports all standard WooCommerce coupon types</li>
</ul>
<h4>Visual Builder with Live Preview</h4>
<ul>
<li>6 fully designed style presets (Modern, Minimal, Dark, Glass, Gold/Luxury, Convert)</li>
<li>Full color controls: primary, secondary, background, text, button, shipping bar</li>
<li>Typography: font size, font weight, price font size</li>
<li>Layout: drawer width, border radius, shadow style</li>
<li>Custom CSS field</li>
</ul>
<h4>Mobile Experience</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bottom sheet layout on screens 600px and below — slides up from the bottom</li>
<li>Swipe down to close gesture</li>
<li>Floating button repositioned higher on mobile to avoid navigation overlap</li>
</ul>
<h4>Secure and Performant</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nonce verification on every AJAX request</li>
<li>Capability checks on all admin save and reset actions</li>
<li>All inputs sanitized, all outputs escaped</li>
<li>Minified CSS and JS in production</li>
<li>HPOS (High Performance Order Storage) compatible</li>
<li>WooCommerce Blocks compatible</li>
</ul>


DeftCoders – Cartly Ajax Side Cart for WooCommerce

A modern AJAX side cart drawer for WooCommerce with upsells, free shipping progress, sticky add to cart, and behavior-based triggers.

Portus Cart for WooCommerce vs DeftCoders – Cartly Ajax Side Cart for WooCommerce