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Custom Related Products for WooCommerce

by Scott Nelle · eCommerce

Also makes 3 other plugins · 5.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

Custom Related Products for WooCommerce lets you choose which products should show in the related products area on a product detail page.

How scoring works →
74 Health · B
Maintenance 63/100
Rating quality 89/100
Support 70/100

74 health vs 68 average across 5,563 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.

81 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Listing tuning

Update recency 71/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 88/100
Listing tuning 68/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+72% vs prior 30d
22Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

496

now · peak 2.7K

48330d downloads · Aug 26

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 Related Produ · #3236 you Google for WooCommer · #74 WooCommerce PayPal P · #81 WooCommerce Stripe P · #85

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Aug 26

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.

97per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

1

releases in the last 12 months

12mo ago

latest release · v1.4

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.4 · 12mo ago1.3 · 5.6y ago1.2 · 10.1y ago1.1 · 10.4y ago1.0 · 11.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 60% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.4 60%
v1.3 38%
Older / other versions 1.9%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
5K–6K ≈5.9K

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

Install history · since 2015-09-24 · 1,427 observations

5KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.4
Last updated
12mo ago
Added
2014-12-02 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. sajjad7883
    4.3y ago

    Does not display on the product page

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  2. ambrosio992
    5.6y ago

    Best!

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  3. ibes
    5.7y ago

    This plugin did not get an update in 4 years. So it is likely not a really safe pick. But the source code looks clear and great. Would love to see an update of this. For me, I copied over the source code, modified it a bit and will use it that way. It is just about 100 lines of code – well done

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  4. snooker65
    6.7y ago

    Simple, but great Plugin. Should be in the WooCommerce Core. Thanks!

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  5. Savan Dholu
    7.7y ago

    Easy to use, But need a shortcode of the plugin. Can you provide shortcode of the plugin?

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  6. clk87
    8.0y ago

    Thank you very much, This plugin should be in the woocommerce core, very helpful.

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  7. aquareal
    8.5y ago

    It works! Simple (just one page of code)! Great! Thank You

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  8. Luke Cavanagh
    9.0y ago

    Works great in WooCommerce 3.1.1.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.4 Fix version compare logic to restore compatibility with WooCommerce versions 10 and above. Props to Viktor Novikov. 1.4
  2. Version 1.3 Update to work with the UI rewrite and related post querying rewrite in WooCommerce 3.0. 1.3
  3. Version 1.2 Fix an error triggered in admin when a related product couldn’t be found because it was deleted. 1.2
  4. Version 1.1 Updated to work with the UI rewrite in WooCommerce 2.3. 1.1
  5. Version 1.0 Initial Release 1.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-07-11 6K+ → 5K+ down after 230 days in tier
  2. 2024-11-23 7K+ → 6K+ down after 238 days in tier
  3. 2024-03-30 8K+ → 7K+ down after 4 days in tier
  4. 2024-03-26 7K+ → 8K+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-03-25 8K+ → 7K+ down after 232 days in tier
  6. 2023-08-06 9K+ → 8K+ down after 191 days in tier
  7. 2023-01-27 10K+ → 9K+ down after 2 days in tier
  8. 2023-01-25 9K+ → 10K+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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