Alister
by elephantfishing · Uncategorized
A tool that helps woocommerce based stores import aliexpress products.
51 health vs 57 average across 9,091 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 991 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-12-08 · 1,317 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
32
now · peak 838
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-12-07 · 1,316 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-30 30+ → 20+ down after 67 days in band
- 2025-11-24 40+ → 30+ down after 183 days in band
- 2025-05-25 50+ → 40+ down after 39 days in band
- 2025-04-16 40+ → 50+ up after 44 days in band
- 2025-03-03 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-02 40+ → 50+ up after 33 days in band
- 2025-01-28 50+ → 40+ down after 24 days in band
- 2025-01-04 60+ → 50+ down after 30 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Importify – AI Dropshipping for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
EPROLO-Dropshipping 1K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Sharkdropship & affiliate for AliExpress 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Draply – Dropshipping & Wholesale 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Shipping-Based Products for woocommerce and Ali2Woo 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C - T Taxnalogy Aliexpress Product Importer 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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