Display Current Product Category
by Yekusiel Eckstein · eCommerce
This plugin allows you to display the current WooCommerce product category name anywhere on your product page.
80 health vs 76 average across 1,530 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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
44
now · peak 83
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
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-24 50+ → 40+ down after 46 days in band
- 2025-12-09 40+ → 50+ up after 8 days in band
- 2025-12-01 50+ → 40+ down after 34 days in band
- 2025-10-28 40+ → 50+ up after 20 days in band
- 2025-10-08 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-06 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-05 50+ → 40+ down after 275 days in band
- 2025-01-03 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
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