Custom Related Products for WooCommerce
by Scott Nelle · eCommerce
Also makes 3 other plugins · 5K+ 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.
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Health
B 71/100
Stale
Active installs
5K+
≈5.5K estimated
Momentum
+42%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Add “custom related products” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
71 health vs 71 average across 9,844 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.5%
of downloads still active
At least 5K of 66.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,178 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.
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: Update recency
Updated 426 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
4.8★ over 33 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.4★
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 426 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.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| custom related products | #5 | #6 | 0 |
| related products your tag | #12 | #12 | 0 |
| custom related | #13 | #14 | down 3 |
| related | #23 | #17 | down 3 |
| disable related products | #12 | #14 | up 1 |
| related product | #15 | #19 | 0 |
| show products related to category | #17 | #22 | — |
| woocommerce related products | #24 | #21 | down 1 |
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 2 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 “custom related products” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- One page off on “related products”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.7K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
1.2y ago
latest release · v1.4 · 4 Sep 2025
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 16 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 24 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sajjad78834.5y ago
Does not display on the product page
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ambrosio9925.7y ago
Best!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ibes5.9y 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
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ snooker656.9y ago
Simple, but great Plugin. Should be in the WooCommerce Core. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Savan Dholu7.9y ago
Easy to use, But need a shortcode of the plugin. Can you provide shortcode of the plugin?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ clk878.2y ago
Thank you very much, This plugin should be in the woocommerce core, very helpful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aquareal8.7y ago
It works! Simple (just one page of code)! Great! Thank You
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Luke Cavanagh9.2y ago
Works great in WooCommerce 3.1.1.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.4 Fix version compare logic to restore compatibility with WooCommerce versions 10 and above. Props to Viktor Novikov. 1.4
- — Version 1.3 Update to work with the UI rewrite and related post querying rewrite in WooCommerce 3.0. 1.3
- — Version 1.2 Fix an error triggered in admin when a related product couldn’t be found because it was deleted. 1.2
- — Version 1.1 Updated to work with the UI rewrite in WooCommerce 2.3. 1.1
- — Version 1.0 Initial Release 1.0
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Custom Related Products for WooCommerce lets you choose which products should show in the related products..."
- ! 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.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 951 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-11 6K+ → 5K+ down after 230 days in tier
- 2024-11-23 7K+ → 6K+ down after 238 days in tier
- 2024-03-30 8K+ → 7K+ down after 237 days in tier
- 2023-08-06 9K+ → 8K+ down after 191 days in tier
- 2023-01-27 10K+ → 9K+ down after 115 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 9K+ → 10K+ up after 588 days in tier
- 2021-02-23 10K+ → 9K+ down after 422 days in tier
- 2019-12-29 4K+ → 10K+ up after 1363 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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Related Products – Create Upsells, Cross-sells, and Product Recommendations for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
UpsellWP – Upsell and Related Products Offers for WooCommerce 5K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Related Products for WooCommerce 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Related Products Manager for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
Related Products Slider for WooCommerce – Boost Sales with Smart Product Recommendations 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Smart Related Products – AI-Inspired Recommendations for WooCommerce 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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