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Custom Backorder Messages For Woocommerce

by gregbast1994 · eCommerce

Allows the author to provide a product or variation a custom backorder message. This is useful when you've got a hot item but no stock until Jan …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 68 average across 3,483 eCommerce plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 5.6.17.

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.

42 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 3/100
WP compatibility 25/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1990 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-33% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

120

now · peak 212

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

Custom Backorder Mes · #11753 Google for WooCommer · #75 WooCommerce PayPal P · #80 WooCommerce Stripe P · #83

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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈270

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations

Details

Version
1.12
Last updated
5.5y ago
Added
2021-01-15 · 5 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
5.6.17
Requires PHP
7.0

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-11-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-05 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2025-11-03 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-11-02 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2025-11-01 300+ → 200+ down after 36 days in tier
  6. 2025-09-26 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-09-25 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-09-24 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier

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Custom Backorder Messages For Woocommerce: 200+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/custom-backorders-for-woocommerce