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Beans · Loyalty and Rewards programs for Woocommerce

by Beans Rewards · Email & Marketing

Retain your customers and get more repeat purchases.

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Health

C 63/100

Stale

Active installs

40+

≈48 estimated

Momentum

-1%

low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month

Biggest opportunity: “email”, “loyalty” and “popup” 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.

How scoring works →
63 Health · C
Maintenance 52/100
Rating quality 70/100
Support 70/100

63 health vs 66 average across 2,134 Email & Marketing plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.2%

of downloads still active

At least 40 of 17K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,297 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing 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

Version
4.0.6
Last updated
1.2y ago
Added
2016-11-04 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
6.3
Tested up to
6.8.12
Requires PHP
8.0

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.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 60/100

Updated 448 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 77/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1

Rating quality 76/100

3.8★ over 22 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 448 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-1% low volume vs prior 30d
222 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 418 · peaks are release surges

1052 Nov 2026

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

3.82 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

632 Nov 2026

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

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.2y ago

latest release · v4.0.6 · 12 Aug 2025

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

4.0.6 · 12 Aug 20254.0.4 · 14 Oct 20244.0.3 · 15 Aug 20244.0.2 · 26 Jul 20244.0.1 · 29 May 20244.0.0 · 1 May 20243.6.6 · 16 Jan 20243.6.5 · 14 Jan 2024

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v4.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈48

Crossed into this band 12 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 50.

Install history since 11 Dec 2019

402 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ cath88
    2.0y ago

    As others have already pointed out it is insane how expensive this is for the features that you really need. From what I can see even the most expensive “Beans Pro” memebership at $199/month will still leave you with no HTML/CSS customization, No Points for referrals, No Extra points for frequent purchases, No Extra points for spending over a certain amount, No Points for custom actions, no VIP tiers program, NO Priority support, even at $199/month????, What they’re charging up to $199/month for seems like what should be the free tier, the pro being all these things being included.

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  2. ★★★★★ romanchapter
    4.0y ago

    I have been using Beans for a while now. The result are consistent. The email automation feature is effective and it makes sure customers stay active in the program. Customers are very active and seem to be loving it. Wish to see more features and more cool way to keep customers engaged.

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  3. ★★★★★ earthylous
    5.5y ago

    I had a good experience setting it up and found the interface user-friendly but the pricing page on the website is completely misleading since there is no free version of the apps. Once the trial is over you must be prepared to pay or else you’ll be wasting your time.

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  4. ★★★★★ victor28
    5.8y ago

    Very Amazing

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  5. ★★★★★ dvdgp
    5.9y ago

    Tried to install it and WordPress threw a warning that it was causing a fatal error. Install at your own risk, I haven’t been able to use it.

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  6. ★★★★★ daisycutter
    6.3y ago

    Not transparent enough about pricing and entirely pointless without upgrading to paid version. Check pricing and make sure you are prepared to spend that much before registering to avoid wasting your time and handing your details over to yet another app developer for no reason (this is not a cheap app). Also haven’t been able to find instructions or any information on what the end result looks like or how it actually works. This topic was modified 6 years ago by daisycutter.

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  7. ★★★★★ nolocephine
    6.8y ago

    I have been looking for a plugin like this for so long. A single plugin to manage emails, popups, rewards and referral. And the paid version is cheaper than MailChimp. Don’t change anything.

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  8. ★★★★★ nichsua
    7.0y ago

    I have tried the old version of Beans… Its really really bad. BUT, until recently, I think there is a change of team managing Beans, I would say its an awesome change! 1. The service team is extremely helpful and prompt, they helped me resolve all of the issues i had to successfully integrate the plugin with the rest! 2. The interface was something i was looking for, a 3rd party site handling all the customisation of the loyalty program, which is really flexible too 3. I have been on wordpress for almost 5 years. Great kudos to the team at Beans! I almost wanted to switch to shopify as the referral/loyalty existing program kind suck. Until the new Beans came by. Great job team! I am definitely gonna be using this plugin for a long long time. (this is not a paid post, im a paying customer too)

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Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Dutch 87%
German 33%

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

4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
  • ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
  • ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 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, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, REST API and 5 more.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 73 headings and 70 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 7,954 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-10-22 50+ → 40+ down after 70 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-13 60+ → 50+ down after 48 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-26 50+ → 60+ up after 16 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-10 60+ → 50+ down after 21 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-20 70+ → 60+ down after 116 days in tier
  6. 2026-01-24 80+ → 70+ down after 119 days in tier
  7. 2025-09-27 90+ → 80+ down after 90 days in tier
  8. 2025-06-29 80+ → 90+ up after 116 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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