Plugin audit
Custom Related Products for WooCommerce
Custom Related Products for WooCommerce is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
5K+
Rating
4.8★
wp.org · 33 reviews
Downloads / 30d
646
Momentum
+40% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Against 9560 tracked eCommerce plugins: health 71 vs 71 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.5★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #6 custom related products Down 1
- #12 related products
- #13 custom related Down 3
- #15 disable related products Down 2
- #16 related product Down 1
- #17 show products related to category
- #24 related Down 4
- #24 woocommerce related products Down 1
Tags still to break into the top 24: woocommerce.
What to fix first
- 1
Ship an update
Last release was 428 days ago. wp.org lowers a listing's search weight once it goes about 180 days without a release.
- 2
Use all 5 tags
2 of 5 tags set. Each tag is another search the plugin can match.
- 3
Add “custom related products” to your wp.org tags
You rank #6 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- 4
One page off on “related products”
#12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 5
Readme fails 5 of 8 AI readiness checks
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.
Ranking signals
Listing score 73/100
- Update recency Holding it back
Updated 428 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Strong
4.8★ over 33 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.4★
- Listing tuning Holding it back
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Update cadence is slipping
Needs workLast updated 14 months ago. Freshness is one of the strongest directory-ranking signals.
What to do: Get back on a visible release cadence, even minor releases.
Readme fails 5 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: has a faq, faq asks real questions, names who it is for, headings and lists and enough to quote. No FAQ section.
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 →Small download base. 646 downloads in 30 days, so a +40% move is a few installs rather than a trend.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
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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