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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Recovery

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Recovery

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for recovery comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce Best overall 91/100
  2. 2. BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard, Abandoned Cart Recovery, G... 84/100
  3. 3. CartBounty 83/100
  4. 4. Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce 82/100
  5. 5. SMS Alert 82/100
  6. 6. Recarto 81/100
  7. 7. ShopMagic Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce 81/100
  8. 8. WP Safe Mode 79/100
  9. 9. Retainful 79/100
  10. 10. crouton 78/100
  11. 11. Cart Lift 77/100
  12. 12. Cart recovery for WordPress 77/100
  13. 13. Custom Recovery Mode Email 76/100
  14. 14. NACC WordPress Plugin 76/100
  15. 15. Database Access with Adminer 73/100
3 CartBounty
Free by Streamline

CartBounty

Save abandoned carts and send automated abandoned cart recovery messages. Get more leads, reduce cart abandonment, and increase sales.

4.8★
from 84 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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4 Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce
Free by tychesoftwares

Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce

Track abandoned carts and send automated, customizable abandoned cart recovery emails. Reduce cart abandonment, recover lost revenue & increase sales.

4.1★
from 85 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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5 SMS Alert
Free by Cozy Vision Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

SMS Alert

Send WooCommerce SMS notifications, COD OTP verification, Login with OTP, abandoned cart recovery, order updates to customers & admins.

4.6★
from 35 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
82

WPScore

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6 Recarto
Free by VillaTheme

Recarto

A simple, effective solution to capture abandoned carts and auto-send reminders. Track logs and generate reports on carts, emails, and more

4.5★
from 28 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
81

WPScore

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8 WP Safe Mode
Free by Marcus (aka @msykes)

WP Safe Mode

Disable plugins or switch themes for just you or the whole site for debugging, troubleshooting or accessing and restoring a broken website.

4.3★
from 8 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
79

WPScore

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9 Retainful
Free by retainful

Retainful

WooCommerce abandoned cart recovery, Newsletters, Email campaigns, Subscription forms, Popups and Email Marketing Automation plugin

4.9★
from 98 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
79

WPScore

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10 crouton
Free by radius314

crouton

crouton provides a UI and more for view recovery meetings as stored in a Basic Meeting List Toolbox (BMLT) database.

5★
from 1 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
78

WPScore

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11 Cart Lift
Free by RexTheme

Cart Lift

Track abandoned carts and send automated, customizable abandoned cart recovery emails. Get more leads, reduce cart abandonment, and increase revenue.

4.8★
from 9 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
77

WPScore

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13 Custom Recovery Mode Email
Free by Jairo Ochoa

Custom Recovery Mode Email

Customize the recipient, sender and behavior of WordPress recovery, autoupdate and administrative emails. Multisite-aware.

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
76

WPScore

Read review View on WordPress.org