10 Best Merchant Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Merchant has 9,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Merchant
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Master Addons
Closest matchMaster Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Widgets, Mega Menu Builder, Popup Builder, Widget Builder & Template Kits
4.5 (212) 30,000+ active installsThe complete Elementor addons plugin: 55+ widgets for Elementor, Mega Menu Builder, Popup Builder, Widget Builder & Elementor Template Kits.
About 3.3 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
- 2
WowStore – Store Builder & Product Blocks for WooCommerce
4.6 (107) 4,000+ active installsBuild eCommerce sites & boost your earnings with the WooCommerce Builder, WooCommerce Blocks, and more effective features.
Shares the variation swatches tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
- 3
Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor
4.8 (611) 600,000+ active installsElementor templates, Header footer builder, Elementor Post Grid, Woocommerce Grid builder, Slider, Forms, Gallery, Nav menu addons, Elementor widgets.
About 67 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
- 4
Hustle
Paid version availableHustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups
4.4 (859) 90,000+ active installsSetup email optin forms, popups, newsletter forms & subscription forms to generate email leads with the best marketing popup builder
About 10 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
- 5
4.6 (330) 80,000+ active installsSecure incremental backups with staging, migration, and one-click restore for WordPress. Offsite storage and easy recovery.
About 8.9 times the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
- 6
Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard
4.6 (114) 60,000+ active installsThe #1 Plugin to Customize the WordPress Dashboard!
About 6.7 times the installs, last updated June 6, 2026.
- 7
ShopLentor
Paid version availableShopLentor – All-in-One WooCommerce Growth & Store Enhancement Plugin
4.5 (275) 80,000+ active installsShopLentor – More than a WooCommerce builder. A complete growth plugin to boost conversions, UX, and sales for your store.
About 8.9 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
- 8
4.5 (353) 70,000+ active installsThe #1 WooCommerce shipment tracking plugin. Add tracking, auto-update order status, send branded emails. 1010+ carriers. Trusted by 70,000+ stores.
About 7.8 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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Superb Addons: Blocks, Patterns, Pre-built Pages, Sliders, Popups, Free Forms, Animations & More
4.9 (22) 80,000+ active installsCreate WordPress websites with free forms, Gutenberg blocks, popups, sliders, countdowns, animations, pre-built pages, patterns & The Theme Designer
About 8.9 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
- 10
GutenKit – Page Builder Blocks, Patterns, and Templates for Gutenberg Block Editor
4.5 (46) 80,000+ active installsGutenKit – Ultimate no-code Gutenberg blocks to design stunning web pages and visually stunning posts in WordPress block editor.
About 8.9 times the installs, last updated 8 days ago.
Switching from Merchant: common questions
What is the best alternative to Merchant?
Master Addons is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 30,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Merchant alternative has the most users?
Royal Addons for Elementor, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Merchant alternative is rated highest?
Royal Addons for Elementor, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 611 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Merchant alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Merchant score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Merchant on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Master Addons is the closest match to Merchant by the data we track, and Royal Addons for Elementor has the widest reach with 600,000+ active installs. Superb Addons shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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