Shift4Shop Online Store
by Shift4Shop · eCommerce
Shift4Shop Online Store provides a streamlined way to sell any number of products from your Shift4Shop store directly on your WordPress blog.
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈45 estimated
Momentum
-19%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “e commerce”, “ecommerce” and “online store” 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.
42 health vs 71 average across 9,823 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 16.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,166 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21.
Details
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1994 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 7.1
1.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1994 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| e commerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ecommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| online store your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shift4shop your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| shopping cart your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “e commerce”, “ecommerce” and “online store” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 216 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 23 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ maliream1.3y ago
The plugin stopped working and crashes when activate it with our store. Not reliable and should be removed due to the errors. You will lose many sales keeping this on your store. The wordpress plugin has a fatal php error when trying to checkout on a store.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Shift4Shop Online Store provides a streamlined way to sell any number of products from your Shift4Shop stor..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 1,671 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "e-commerce", "ecommerce" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-02 50+ → 40+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2025-11-16 60+ → 50+ down after 62 days in tier
- 2025-09-15 40+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-14 50+ → 40+ down after 75 days in tier
- 2025-07-01 60+ → 50+ down after 43 days in tier
- 2025-05-19 70+ → 60+ down after 114 days in tier
- 2025-01-25 80+ → 70+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2025-01-06 70+ → 80+ up after 19 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A -
WooCommerce 7M+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP EasyCart: Shopping Cart and eCommerce Store 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Klarna for WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
StoreCustomizer – A plugin to Customize all WooCommerce Pages 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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