Plugin audit
Distance Rate Shipping For WooCommerce
Distance Rate Shipping For WooCommerce has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
300+
Rating
3.3★
wp.org · 8 reviews
Downloads / 30d
245
Momentum
+16% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Against 9545 tracked eCommerce plugins: health 78 vs 71 average · rating, weighted for review count, 3.6★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #2 calculate distance
- #2 distance rate shipping
- #3 calculate shipping by distance
- #3 distance
- #4 distance based shipping
- #22 page rate Down 1
- #22 rate website Down 1
- #23 rate page Down 2
Tags still to break into the top 24: rate, shipping, woocommerce.
What to fix first
- 1
Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Open security vulnerability. A known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
- 2
Ask happy users for a review
8 reviews so far. wp.org gives the rating more weight as the count grows past 25.
- 3
“rate” and “shipping” aren't earning a slot
You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Ranking signals
Listing score 88/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 108 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Holding it back
3.3★ over 8 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
- Listing tuning Strong
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Open security vulnerability
CriticalA known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
What to do: Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 8 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.
Healthy but under-discovered
OpportunityThis plugin scores 78/100 on health yet sits at 300 installs. The product is good; distribution is the gap.
What to do: A WP Mayor review and placement can put it in front of the right audience.
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 →Small download base. 245 downloads in 30 days, so a +16% move is a few installs rather than a trend.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
WP Mayor
Plugin promotion & growth
Distance Rate Shipping For WooCommerce is a strong product that not enough people know about.
A WP Mayor review and placement put it in front of WordPress users who are choosing plugins.
- A WP Mayor review. An independent, in-depth review in front of a high-intent audience.
- Newsletter coverage. A feature in the WP Mayor newsletter, straight to subscribers.
- A sponsored placement. Targeted visibility across WP Mayor for a defined campaign.