Category Buttons
by Ryvenia · eCommerce
Transform your online store with our simple plugin! The Category Buttons plugin makes it effortless to enhance your shop pages by adding custom catego …
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Health
D 53/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “buttons”, “category” 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.
53 health vs 71 average across 9,746 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 5.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,142 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
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.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 850 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 850 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| buttons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| category your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “buttons”, “category” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 323 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
2.3y ago
latest release · v2.0.1 · 3 Jul 2024
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 14 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Jozef Lenarčič2.3y ago
Perfektný plugin na jednoduché a účinné zobrazenie podkategórii. Dlho som hľadal niečo takéto. Tento plugin si ma získal svojou jednoduchosťou. Používam na svojich, ale aj klientskych weboch. Technická podpora je skvelá. Rýchlo a pohotovo reaguje na podnety, čo je super. Držím palce pri ďalšom vývoji a udržiavaní tohto skvelého pluginu.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ slaviobratro3.0y ago
Jednoducho zapnúť, prípadne doupravovať css. Plugin použiteľný. Po zapnutí sa tlačidlá zobrazia presne nad kategóriou, presne tak ako potrebujem hore nad produktami. Takže za mňa vyskúšané na troch témach a ok…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yrvein3.9y ago
Přesně toto WooCommerce potřebuje. Váš obchod bude hned hezčí. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ martins19873.9y ago
Skvělý plugin, který přesně plní co má. S nasazením jsem měl menší problém, ale podpora reagovala rychle a v podstatě hned vydala update, který chybu vyřešil. Tohle se jen tak nevidí. Moc díky
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rhorny4.0y ago
I use it almost 3 months without any issues. It has everything I need from great plugin – straightforward settings … I recommend.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.5
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Transform your online store with our simple plugin! The Category Buttons plugin makes it effortless to enha..."
- ! 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 Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,461 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-30 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-08-24 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-08-21 200+ → 100+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-08-13 100+ → 200+ up after 39 days in tier
- 2025-07-05 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-07-01 100+ → 200+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2025-06-18 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-06-13 100+ → 200+ up after 28 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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Qty Increment Buttons for WooCommerce 9K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C
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