Ade Custom Shipping
by adeleyeayodeji · eCommerce
Also makes 5 other plugins · 1.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Integrate Ade Custom Shipping to your WooCommerce website and take control of your shipping options.
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Health
C 67/100
Stale
Active installs
200+
≈290 estimated
Momentum
+42%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “custom shipping” for “nigeria”. “custom shipping” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nigeria” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
67 health vs 71 average across 9,767 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 8.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,155 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.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2025-08-30Reviewers keep calling it the best fit for Nigerian shipping zones and praise the developer's responsiveness, though a few flag wrong state mappings, no export option for saved zones, and a crash on PHP 8.
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: Update recency
Updated 506 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 35 reviews, smoothed to 4.39★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 506 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 20d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 20d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ade woocommerce your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| ade custom shipping your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| nigeria | #22 | #8 | down 1 |
| custom shipping your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce shipping your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “custom shipping” for “nigeria”. “custom shipping” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nigeria” sits at #22 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 419 · 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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.4y ago
latest release · v4.2.1 · 13 Jun 2025
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 90% 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 2.5 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Reviewer account pattern
from wp.org reviewer profiles18 of the last 27 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review.
Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ icatalyse1.2y ago
This plugin is very useful. And i am very impressed by their custom support. I got the PRO version and i don’t regret it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ blomera1.6y ago
The app could be more detailed, but seems to be the best in Nigeria so far
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ildam2.0y ago
There is Yewa North and Yewa South in Ogun state.You placed Yewa North in Ogun state correctly, but displayed Yewa South as Yewa-South in Lagos state.Please correct the mistake.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ martcode2.2y ago
Excellent WordPress plugin for e-commerce
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ michael0152.2y ago
Cool, But it doesn’t retain the state and local governament in the input after a user comes back to it, Am i the only one facing this?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dezynermayor2.3y ago
I’m really glad I chose this plugin, even though I ran into a few issues at first. The developer was incredibly responsive and provided consistent support until everything was working perfectly. I couldn’t have asked for better help! This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by dezynermayor.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rachelle562.3y ago
makes shipping easier i have been looking for a plugin that work for nigeria zones am glad i got one at a very affordable price good job This topic was modified 9 months, 4 weeks ago by rachelle56.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Yusuf Omotoso2.4y ago
It helped me to create the needed shipping zone classification for my specific state, Lagos, Nigeria. It also helped to rearrange the checkout form without me asking for that. Thanks to the developers.kudos (clapping)
Read on wp.org ↗
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Integrate Ade Custom Shipping to your WooCommerce website and take control of your shipping options."
- ! 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 Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,721 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ade woocommerce", "woocommerce shipping" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-05-10 100+ → 200+ up
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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WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
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