Plugin audit
Sales Notifications for WooCommerce
Sales Notifications for WooCommerce is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
40+
Rating
5.0★
wp.org · 2 reviews
Downloads / 30d
106
Momentum
+3% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Against 9868 tracked eCommerce plugins: health 77 vs 71 average .
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #6 recent sales Up 3
- #9 recent sales popup
- #15 recent orders popup
- #15 recent sales notification Up 1
- #18 sales notifications Up 3
- #24 recent sales popup wordpress
What to fix first
- 1
“alerts” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “recent sales” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “boost” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “recent sales popup” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “sales” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sales notifications” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- 2
One page off on “recent orders popup”
#15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 3
Get back on a visible release cadence, even minor releases.
Last updated 7 months ago. Freshness is one of the strongest directory-ranking signals.
- 4
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.
- 5
Ask happy users for a review
A short in-plugin prompt after a success moment is the usual way. Reviews give the listing a rating people trust at install time.
Ranking signals
Listing score 84/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 213 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Neutral
2 reviews so far, too few to judge quality
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Update cadence is slipping
Needs workLast updated 7 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 tags match the text. 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 →Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 2 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 77/100 on health yet sits at 40 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.
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.
WP Mayor
Plugin promotion & growth
Sales Notifications 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.
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