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![CartPops: the cart drawer for WooCommerce](/blume-assets/content/content/img/cartpops-banner.png)

:::warning[Already using CartPops V1?]
CartPops V2 is rebuilt from the ground up. Your settings are migrated automatically, but some V1 customizations, hooks and automation rules work differently or no longer run. Back up your site and read [Upgrading to V2](/upgrading-to-v2) before you update.
:::

## What CartPops is

CartPops gives your WooCommerce store a slide-out cart drawer. Shoppers can review products, change quantities, apply coupons and continue to checkout without first visiting the cart page.

The drawer opens when a shopper adds a product to the cart, or when they click the cart launcher. The launcher is a cart button with an item count. Both are built as blocks and run on the WordPress Interactivity API. The cart stays in sync through the WooCommerce Store API.

You can place them in two ways:

- **Block themes:** add the **CartPops Cart Drawer** and **CartPops Cart Launcher** blocks in the Site Editor.
- **Classic themes:** CartPops renders the drawer and launcher in the page footer automatically. A shortcode is available if you want to place the launcher yourself.

CartPops works with the WooCommerce Cart and Checkout blocks and with High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS).

## Free and Pro

**CartPops Free** includes:

- The slide-out cart drawer, with configurable add-to-cart opening and keyboard controls.
- The Cart Drawer and Cart Launcher blocks.
- Product recommendations from cross-sells, upsells or related products, with a random fallback.
- Appearance settings: design presets, colors, launcher styling and custom CSS.

**CartPops Pro** adds:

- A shipping meter and reward tiers (free gifts and discounts).
- Custom product recommendations.
- Bundle builder and quantity-based upsells.
- Smart add-ons, such as gift wrapping, applied as cart fees.
- A Smart Bar inside the drawer.
- A conversion analytics dashboard.

Pro features need the Pro plugin and an eligible license for the site. See [Installing CartPops](/getting-started/installing) for how to get either edition.

## Requirements

| Requirement | Minimum |
| --- | --- |
| WordPress | 6.5 |
| WooCommerce | 9.0 |
| PHP | 8.1 |
| MySQL / MariaDB | MySQL 8.0 or MariaDB 10.11 |

The Pro Elementor widget needs Elementor 3.1.0 or newer.

## Next steps

**[Install CartPops](/getting-started/installing)**

Install Free from WordPress.org, or Pro from a ZIP file with your license.

**[First-time setup](/getting-started/first-setup)**

Find CartPops in wp-admin and learn what each settings tab does.

**[Upgrading from V1](/upgrading-to-v2)**

What changes in V2 and how to update safely.

**[Changelog](/changelog)**

See what is new in each release.