what3words Address Field
by what3words · Search
Official plugin to allow customers to enter and validate a what3words address on your checkout for accurate deliveries.
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Health
B 75/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈210 estimated
Momentum
-3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “search” for “address field”. “search” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “address field” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
75 health vs 63 average across 980 Search plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 18.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Search plugin keeps 0.7%, across 647 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Search plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 4 reviews to 2022-06-15Recent reviewers call it easy to install and say it fits neatly into WooCommerce checkout and order screens, with one older complaint about theme and plugin conflicts.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 300 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
14%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
-0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| three word address your tag | #1 | #7 | 0 |
| 3 word address your tag | #1 | #8 | 0 |
| what3words your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| searchbox your tag | #4 | #9 | 0 |
| address field | #10 | #22 | 0 |
| validate address | #11 | #20 | down 1 |
| search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
15 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 9 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “search” for “address field”. “search” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “address field” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 750 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
10mo ago
latest release · v4.0.19 · 6 Jan 2026
38
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 38 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 200.
Install history since 21 Jul 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Dazze Studio4.4y ago
Super easy to install and setup. It’s integrates well into the Checkout page and also within the Admin > Order view. A must for all eCommerce stores.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nforecast4.4y ago
This plugin is great, and super easy to install.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jpm2f5.9y ago
This plugin may cause catastrophic failure of your website, especially where images and templates are concerned. Contacting the company themselves has revealed they are fully aware of significant incompatibility issues with WordPress, other established main stream plugins and several common and widely used Themes. It has been recommended to the company and to WordPress that this plugin be withdrawn immediately until the developer has corrected these issues.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ali Aqoub8.3y ago
I like it,
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (4.0.19). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 5.3 what3words Address Field <= 4.0.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Sensitive Information Exposure in class-w3w-autosuggest-public.php ↗2023-07-18 CVE-2021-4428 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 4.0.0 Patched in 4.0.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Official plugin to allow customers to enter and validate a what3words address on your checkout for accurate..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 2 of 3 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("More about what3words").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 849 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("3 word address", "search", "searchbox", "three word address" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-25 100+ → 200+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 200+ → 100+ down after 645 days in tier
- 2024-12-09 300+ → 200+ down after 420 days in tier
- 2023-10-16 200+ → 300+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2023-10-05 300+ → 200+ down after 126 days in tier
- 2023-06-01 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-05-30 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-05-28 200+ → 300+ up after 815 days in tier
Competes with
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