Better Category Selector for WooCommerce
by sgumby · eCommerce
Better Category Selector for WooCommerce provides an alternative, easier to use GUI for putting products in categories.
66 health vs 72 average across 2,153 eCommerce plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
32
now · peak 101
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-11-24 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 600K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag D -
PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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