Draft Order Control
by David · eCommerce
Also makes 2 other plugins · 30+ installs across the portfolio →
Stop WooCommerce draft orders from cluttering your store, and clean up the ones already there. HPOS-ready. No setup required.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈30 estimated
Momentum
-4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “checkout” for “unpaid orders”. “checkout” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “unpaid orders” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 71 average across 9,746 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.4%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 678 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,142 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 2 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
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2026-07-20The one recent reviewer says it cleans up messy order lists and does the job without bloat or upsells.
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 105 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, 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
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.
38
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
22%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
-1.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| draft orders your tag | #5 | #22 | down 1 |
| draft | #9 | #22 | up 5 |
| unpaid orders | #14 | #21 | down 1 |
| checkout your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cleanup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| orders your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 8 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 “checkout” for “unpaid orders”. “checkout” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “unpaid orders” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 20 Nov 2025 · 345 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 112 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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.
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.
2
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.1.0 · 18 Jul 2026
2
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 30.
At the current install trend, crossing 40+ in roughly 247 days.
Install history since 19 Nov 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ habibiplugins3mo ago
Our orders lists was a mess, plugin does exactly what it says – no bloat, no upsells.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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.
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 29 Oct 2026Can 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 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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, REST API.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,596 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-22 20+ → 30+ up after 228 days in tier
- 2026-03-08 10+ → 20+ up
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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Amazon Pay for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Kustom Checkout for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
PayTR Sanal POS WooCommerce – iFrame API 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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