Customer Notes for WooCommerce
by Dhruvin · eCommerce
Also makes 4 other plugins · 13.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Customer Notes for WooCommerce plugin allows store owners to add specific notes for each customer, which are then displayed on the Edit Order page …
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
-6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “delivery notes”, “customer service” and “product notes” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8, #9 and #14 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 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
85 health vs 71 average across 9,744 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 3.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,140 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.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 70 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
44
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
30%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| customer notes your tag | #3 | #16 | 0 |
| order notes your tag | #9 | #19 | 0 |
| notes | #12 | #20 | down 3 |
| delivery notes | #8 | #15 | down 3 |
| customer service | #9 | #21 | 0 |
| customer | #16 | #21 | down 2 |
| customer order note | #8 | #22 | up 1 |
| product notes | #14 | #21 | 0 |
| note | #14 | #21 | down 6 |
| packaging | #17 | #17 | 0 |
| customer order history | #11 | #21 | up 1 |
| delivery note | #21 | #22 | 0 |
| customer orders | #22 | #24 | up 1 |
| customer support | #22 | #24 | 0 |
| new customer | #17 | #22 | up 3 |
| woocommerce notes | #20 | #20 | 0 |
| page notes | #23 | #22 | 0 |
| wordpress notes | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| plugin notes | #24 | #23 | down 6 |
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce orders your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
42 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 19 listed. 23 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “delivery notes”, “customer service” and “product notes” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8, #9 and #14 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 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 18 May 2023 · 1,263 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 535 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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
2mo ago
latest release · v1.3.1 · 22 Aug 2026
5
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 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 17 May 2023
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The Customer Notes for WooCommerce plugin allows store owners to add specific notes for each customer, whic..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("who wants", "use cases").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,447 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "order notes", "woocommerce orders" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-29 300+ → 200+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-17 300+ → 200+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2026-03-23 200+ → 300+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-03-11 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 200+ → 300+ up after 6 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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Sequential Order Numbers for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
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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