Better Product Reviews For WooCommerce
by Andrew Norcross · eCommerce
You own a WooCommerce store, so you know that reviews are a key component of a successful online store. Being able to know from customers who have al …
45 health vs 68 average across 3,315 eCommerce plugins
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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.0.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2157 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
21
now · peak 71
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-01-30 20+ → 10+ down after 196 days in band
- 2024-07-18 30+ → 20+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-07-14 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-07-13 30+ → 20+ down after 84 days in band
- 2024-04-20 40+ → 30+ down after 118 days in band
- 2023-12-24 50+ → 40+ down after 83 days in band
- 2023-10-02 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-10-01 50+ → 60+ up after 2 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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Site Reviews 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
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
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