Distance Rate Shipping For WooCommerce

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Calculate WooCommerce shipping costs based on the real driving distance between your store and the customer.

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⚠ Few reviews⚠ Open vulnerability

Health

B 78/100

Few reviews · Open vulnerability

Active installs

300+

≈350 estimated

Momentum

+8%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “rate”, “shipping” and “woocommerce” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

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78 Health · B

Maintenance 98/100

Rating quality 66/100

Support 70/100

Security 65/100

78 health vs 71 average across 9,744 eCommerce plugins

300+

Active installs

≈350 estimated

7.1K

Total downloads

since 2022 · 4.2% still active

3.6/5

Rating

3.3 on wp.org · 8 reviews

+8%

230

Downloads · 30d

category median +11%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

4.2%

of downloads still active

At least 300 of 7.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,139 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.

Ratings · 8 reviews

Details

Version: 1.1.2
Last updated: 3mo ago
Added: 2022-07-07 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP: 5.4
Tested up to: 7.0.8
Requires PHP: 5.4

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Recent review vibe

read from the latest 8 reviews to 2024-09-04

Deteriorating Broken updatesSupport gone quietOnboarding

Older reviewers said it worked once configured, while the recent ones report the API and distance settings not applying at checkout, a missing JS file, and support threads that go unanswered.

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.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100

Updated 102 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 58/100

3.3★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 3.99★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 92/100

4 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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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.

Momentum

Losing ground

-0.6

Velocity

places per keyword, 27d

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 27d

-0.5

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
distance rate shipping	#2	#10	0
distance your tag	#3	#19	0
calculate distance	#2	#10	0
calculate shipping by distance	#3	#12	—
distance based shipping	#4	#16	0
page rate	#21	#24	0
rate website	#22	#24	down 1
rate page	#23	#23	down 2
custom rate	#24	#24	down 1
rate your tag	Not in the top 24
shipping your tag	Not in the top 24
woocommerce your tag	Not in the top 24

17 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

“rate”, “shipping” and “woocommerce” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Already on top for “distance rate shipping”. #2 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.

Daily downloads

Since 7 Oct 2022 · 1,485 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+8% vs prior 30d

430 Oct 2026

80400

430 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 377 · peaks are release surges

23031 Oct 2026

4002000

23031 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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.

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.331 Oct 2026

52.50

3.331 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

7831 Oct 2026

906030

7831 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.

76731 Oct 2026

2K1K0

76731 Oct 2026

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

300–400 ≈350

Crossed into this band 10 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 6 Oct 2022

30031 Oct 2026

4002000

30031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ abdouz19
2.2y ago

I’ve setted the API key but when I fill the checkout page, the shipping cost didn’t get updated, only the product price. did I miss anything????
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★★★★★ webvoyou
2.3y ago

All the setting doesn’t seem to be working, if we set minimum or maximum it’s will always be catch. Also there’s a 404 for the .js file because it’s not the right name in the js/ folder. And this .js file is empty anyway.
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★★★★★ kingsportoliveoil
2.4y ago

First off, the “payment per distance” needs to be set at a negative value in order to function properly, so that threw me off. Secondly, The API function doesn’t work because there isn’t an origin address setting available. Without it, you could section out things by zip code, but not by radius (which is what my website requires for delivery). Granted, anything OUTSIDE the zip code parameters are denied, but I need something that includes a radius from the store location and this plugin doesn’t function properly to provide that solution. Add an origin address option in the settings menu to allow the API to function properly and this will work. Until then, 1 star.
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★★★★★ Faisal Ahmed
3.0y ago

doesnot show up shipping title, event dont show any error, I was trying to debug plugin the custom shipping method not fired any time. plugin js file not found.. wrost plugin and wasted time This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by Faisal Ahmed.
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★★★★★ Tremer
3.6y ago

I did install the plugin and added the API code. Then I tried several orders to check it. It did not work at all. Then I wait about one hour and suddenly it works perfect. I think google needs a while to activate the API. Please make correct settings at the woocommerce shipping zone. The shipping costs per km with “.” not “,” and all the fields above has to be filled.
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★★★★★ BarretD
3.7y ago

Did everything I was supposed to, getting the API key, etc., but still cannot get this plugin to work. Others have the same problem as indicated in the support section, all of which have gone unanswered. Complete waste of time.
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★★★★★ devaks
4.0y ago

Works as intended..
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★★★★★ alihansisman
4.1y ago

The plugin does what I need pretty well. Moreover, when I have a problem, I can easily contact the manager and have my problem entered. A very good plugin
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Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.1.2). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.

Open Medium · 6.5 Distance Rate Shipping For WooCommerce <= 1.3.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ↗

2025-02-03 CVE-2025-22639 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 1.3.4 No patch available

Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0.3

✓ 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

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

6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
✓ 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 One audience phrase ("for developers"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
✓ Enough to quote 1,297 characters of description.
✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.

Growth timeline

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

2025-12-31 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
2025-12-30 300+ → 400+ up after 438 days in tier
2024-10-18 200+ → 300+ up after 394 days in tier
2023-09-20 100+ → 200+ up after 20 days in tier
2023-08-31 200+ → 100+ down after 8 days in tier
2023-08-23 100+ → 200+ up after 170 days in tier
2023-03-06 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
2023-03-05 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier

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