USPS Shipping for WooCommerce – Live Rates
by Dotstore · eCommerce
Also makes 21 other plugins · 56.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Advanced USPS Shipping Allows you to display the USPS live rates.
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Health
B 77/100
Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈42 estimated
Momentum
+19%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “usps woocommerce”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
77 health vs 71 average across 9,783 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 3.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,160 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.
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
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 283 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| usps rates your tag | #6 | #19 | up 1 |
| usps live rates your tag | #6 | #16 | 0 |
| usps your tag | #8 | #22 | down 1 |
| usps shipping your tag | #10 | #19 | down 2 |
| usps woocommerce your tag | #14 | #24 | down 1 |
| customs duty | #9 | #15 | down 1 |
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- One page off on “usps woocommerce”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 179 · 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
9mo ago
latest release · v1.0.6 · 23 Jan 2026
7
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 40.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 149 days.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Xyphien1.6y ago
I couldn’t figure out how to get it to work, however the support team for this goes above and beyond anything I could have hoped for. They helped me set up everything and it works flawlessly! I will be upgrading to the premium version as soon as possible!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.0.6). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects 1.0.0 - 1.0.1 Patched in 1.0.2
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 12 languages, 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.
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 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Advanced USPS Shipping Allows you to display the USPS live rates."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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, Gutenberg, Google Analytics.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,528 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "usps rates", "USPS Woocommerce" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 30+ → 40+ up after 147 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 40+ → 30+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 30+ → 40+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-03-04 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-02 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-25 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-22 40+ → 30+ down after 1 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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Shipping Live Rates for USPS for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 5 shared tags A -
USPS Simple Shipping for Woocommerce 8K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags A -
ELEX WooCommerce USPS Shipping Method 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooCommerce Shipping 70K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
XPS Ship Integration 1K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Live Rates for ShipStation 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/advanced-usps-shipping-method" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="USPS Shipping for WooCommerce – Live Rates — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> USPS Shipping for WooCommerce – Live Rates: 40+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-usps-shipping-method
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