Backordered Custom Description
by AknexDigital · eCommerce
Also makes 1 other plugin · 10+ installs across the portfolio →
The Backordered Custom Description plugin lets you add a custom message for the products whose stock status is set to BACKORDER.
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Health
D 41/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
-38%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “backorder custom description”, “product custom description” and “woocommerce” 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.
41 health vs 71 average across 9,745 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 1.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,141 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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 1515 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18; the current branch is 6.8
2.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.00★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1515 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| backorder custom description your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| product custom description your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce addon 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
- “backorder custom description”, “product custom description” and “woocommerce” 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 6 Oct 2022 · 1,486 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 189 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 5 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mailchef3.0y ago
Easy install. Every backorder product now has an own Textfield. Changing the text must be done for every product on backorder. I expected to configure a standard Message for all products. This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by mailchef.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sachafornspsurfboards4.0y ago
[edit: from five to one star as the plugin crashed all “in-stock” products] I looked around a little and most of the content out there is selling Plugins with advanced reporting I am not interested in. I just want to manage customer expectations by communicating the lead times for products that are available on backorder (about 4% of our inventory). This plugin allows for individual messaging which is perfect as the lead time per product is going to differ for sure. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by sachafornspsurfboards.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ akifquddus4.2y ago
Extreme simple and highly effective.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 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
1 of 8 pass · checked 24 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The Backordered Custom Description plugin lets you add a custom message for the products whose stock status..."
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 477 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 4 tags appear in the text ("backorder-custom-description", "product-custom-description", "woocommerce", "woocommerce addon" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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