Category Description for WooCommerce
by Tihi · SEO
Also makes 2 other plugins · 710+ installs across the portfolio →
Customize WooCommerce category descriptions with flexible display and formatting options to improve product visibility and boost SEO performance.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
700+
≈730 estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “description” and “descriptions” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4 and #9 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
84 health vs 65 average across 2,224 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →16%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 4.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,193 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 19 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
24%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.4
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| category description | #1 | #11 | 0 |
| category descriptions | #2 | #14 | 0 |
| description | #4 | #18 | 0 |
| category description seo woocommerce your tag | #5 | #21 | 0 |
| descriptions | #9 | #21 | up 1 |
| category your tag | #18 | #24 | up 2 |
| woocommerce category | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| product description | #15 | #24 | up 1 |
| restrict woocommerce category | #8 | #23 | up 1 |
| woocommerce category showcase | #14 | #24 | down 3 |
| plugin description | #15 | #23 | — |
| woocommerce category seo | #20 | #24 | down 1 |
| woocommerce category list | #20 | #24 | down 1 |
| the category | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| by category | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| remove product category | #24 | #23 | down 2 |
| add category | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| product your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
65 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 48 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “description” and “descriptions” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4 and #9 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 13 Jan 2025 · 658 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 760 · peaks are release surges
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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
19d ago
latest release · v2.1.0 · 13 Oct 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 30% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 800+ in roughly 76 days.
Install history since 12 Jan 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ operator51.0y ago
Excellent solution for those themes that look good but don’t understand how the internet works.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Checo1.2y ago
The plugin works as expected. You simply add the plugin, activate it and a WYSIWYG form appears in WC category section. You add the description, choose where you want it displayed and that’s it. The category description will be displayed when selecting that category in your shop.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Customize WooCommerce category descriptions with flexible display and formatting options to improve product..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,002 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "category description seo woocommerce" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 600+ → 700+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2026-06-10 500+ → 600+ up after 60 days in tier
- 2026-04-11 400+ → 500+ up after 74 days in tier
- 2026-01-27 300+ → 400+ up after 84 days in tier
- 2025-11-04 200+ → 300+ up after 70 days in tier
- 2025-08-26 100+ → 200+ up after 100 days in tier
- 2025-05-18 90+ → 100+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2025-05-07 80+ → 90+ up after 1 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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Pages with category and tag 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search & Filter 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
WCBoost – Products Compare 30K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
Media Library Categories 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Rearrange Products for WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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