Plugin audit
YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom
YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
10K+
Rating
3.6★
wp.org · 71 reviews
Downloads / 30d
5.5K
Momentum
+21%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 3645 tracked Media plugins: health 82 vs 62 average · rating, weighted for review count, 3.6★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #1 yith woocommerce zoom magnifier
- #2 image zoom
- #2 magnifier
- #2 product zoom
- #2 product zoom woocommerce Up 1
- #2 woocommerce zoom
- #3 zoom
- #3 zoom images Down 1
Tags still to break into the top 24: carousel, slider, woocommerce.
What to fix first
- 1
Swap “carousel” for “woocommerce product gallery”
“carousel” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “woocommerce product gallery” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- 2
Readme fails 3 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.
- 3
Lift the average rating
Your rating, weighted for review count, is 3.6★ and trails the Media average of 3.8★.
Ranking signals
Listing score 94/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 31 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
- Rating quality Strong
3.6★ over 71 reviews, weighted for review count to 3.8★
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Rating below category benchmark
Needs workYour rating, weighted for review count, is 3.6★ and trails the Media average of 3.8★.
What to do: Close the gap with targeted UX fixes and review recovery.
Readme fails 3 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: has a faq, faq asks real questions and names who it is for. Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
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 →Healthy but under-discovered
OpportunityThis plugin scores 82/100 on health yet sits at 10,000 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.
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.
WP Mayor
Plugin promotion & growth
YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom 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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