Direct Freight Express Shipping for WooCommerce
by Repon Hossain · eCommerce
Also makes 1 other plugin · 20+ installs across the portfolio →
Effortlessly integrate Direct Freight Express shipping rates into your store and offer real-time shipping costs at checkout for Australian customers.
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Health
B 70/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈25 estimated
Momentum
+100%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “shipping” for “aramex”. “shipping” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “aramex” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
70 health vs 71 average across 9,767 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 3.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,154 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 1 release 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
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2024-10-26The single review here is happy: it's easy to use, the Direct Freight rates come out accurate, and the reviewer's glad it works as a standalone plugin.
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: Rating quality
Updated 331 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| direct freight your tag | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| freight | #11 | #19 | up 1 |
| aramex | #20 | #24 | down 4 |
| australian woocommerce shipping | #14 | #21 | 0 |
| freight shipping | #17 | #20 | 0 |
| shipping your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shipping rates your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce shipping your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “shipping” for “aramex”. “shipping” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “aramex” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 7 Oct 2024 · 755 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.8K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow 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
11mo ago
latest release · v1.0.4 · 5 Dec 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 · 100% 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 “20+”. 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 53% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Oct 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ olstadesigns2.0y ago
Easy to use and accurate shipping rates for Direct Freight. Finally a stand alone plugin. Thank you
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Effortlessly integrate Direct Freight Express shipping rates into your store and offer real-time shipping c..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "if you want", "ideal for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,329 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "woocommerce shipping" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-23 10+ → 20+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-31 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-03-25 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-24 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-03-16 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-03-12 20+ → 10+ down after 8 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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Printful Integration for WooCommerce 50K+ installs · 2.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
DHL eCommerce (Benelux) for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
WooCommerce Shipping 70K+ installs · 2.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Advanced Free Shipping for WooCommerce 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
ShipStation for WooCommerce 40K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Claudio Sanches – Correios for WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags C
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