Plugin audit
Refer A Friend for WooCommerce by WPGens
Refer A Friend for WooCommerce by WPGens is healthy and under-discovered, a promotion opportunity.
Active installs
1K+
Rating
4.9★
wp.org · 39 reviews
Downloads / 30d
1.7K
Momentum
+136%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 9559 tracked eCommerce plugins: health 90 vs 71 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.6★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #1 refer a friend
- #2 refer
- #5 friend Down 2
- #7 referral system Down 2
- #13 referral for woocommerce Down 1
- #15 referral link
- #20 referral Down 2
- #20 referral id Up 1
Tags still to break into the top 24: affiliate, ecommerce, woocommerce.
What to fix first
- 1
Swap “affiliate”, “ecommerce” and “referral” for “friend”, “referral system” and “referral link”
“affiliate” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “friend” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ecommerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “referral system” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “referral” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #20. “referral link” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Ranking signals
Listing score 97/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 26 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Strong
4.9★ over 39 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.5★
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Healthy but under-discovered
OpportunityThis plugin scores 90/100 on health yet sits at 1,000 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: has a faq and faq asks real questions. 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 →Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Strong momentum. Downloads are accelerating (+136% vs prior month).
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.
WP Mayor
Plugin promotion & growth
Refer A Friend for WooCommerce by WPGens 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.
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