Plugin audit
Cities Shipping Zones for WooCommerce
Cities Shipping Zones for WooCommerce is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
4K+
Rating
4.7★
wp.org · 19 reviews
Downloads / 30d
1.1K
Momentum
-15%
30d vs the 30d before
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #1 cities
- #1 cities shipping
- #1 city shipping
- #1 shipping cities
- #1 shipping zones Up 1
- #2 zones
- #3 city
- #3 shipping zone Up 1
Tags still to break into the top 24: dropdown.
What to fix first
- 1
Add “shipping” and “state” to your wp.org tags
You rank #24 and #24 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- 2
Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
30-day download momentum is -15% while the Uncategorized category median is 0%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
Ranking signals
Listing score 93/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 76 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
- Rating quality Strong
4.7★ over 19 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.3★ and held back under 25 reviews
- Listing tuning Strong
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Downloads are cooling
Needs work30-day download momentum is -15% while the Uncategorized category median is 0%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
What to do: Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 19 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
Readme fails 2 of 8 AI readiness checks
OpportunityAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: says what it does and names who it is for. Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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