Fast Woo Order Lookup
by OllieJones · Performance
Also makes 5 other plugins · 61.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Searches for orders faster on WooCommerce stores with many orders.
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈310 estimated
Momentum
+4%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “database” for “woo order”. “database” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “woo order” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
79 health vs 69 average across 1,805 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.1%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 9.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,105 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 244 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 8 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| order lookup | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| lookup | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| woo order | #13 | #20 | 0 |
| fast order | #6 | #18 | 0 |
| woo pre order | #14 | #23 | down 2 |
| database your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| orders your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
19 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 14 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “database” for “woo order”. “database” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “woo order” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 29 May 2024 · 888 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 963 · peaks are release surges
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 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
8mo ago
latest release · v1.3.0 · 4 Mar 2026
23
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 29 days ago and the previous band took 14 months to cross, so the real count is still just over 300.
At the current install trend, crossing 400+ in roughly 184 days.
Install history since 28 May 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ strictlymedicinal7mo ago
I was having to wait 10+ seconds to look up an order. We have a large store with 250,000+ orders Now it takes 1-2 seconds. Amazing sauce!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bayramuygur9mo ago
Great plugin. It’s a huge improvement for stores with lots of orders. Worked perfectly for me on the legacy order tables. Thanks to the developer!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gisselfeldt12mo ago
Absolutely fantastic numbers on the order searches in large environments with this plugin. Ollie is amazing at finding workarounds to make this plugin work. This is what WooCommerce order search should have been from the beginning. Thanks alot Ollie!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ heel11.1y ago
This plugin is great, just does what it says. Search time on my orders has been reduced to about 50% off before. Thank you for the good work done!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Eduard Doloc2.1y ago
this is, by far, the “must have” plugin for big shops, pair this with HPOS and you search in 300k+ orders in less than 1 second! (with 100 order listing!).very great work, this should be merged in core!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ E-Liquids UK2.1y ago
We have been using this plugin since its initial release, their updates are brilliant never a hitch and being a fast based ecommerce company we need all the speed we can get. With over 120,000 orders in active view this plugin makes looking up orders super quick for our support team. This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by E-Liquids UK.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Maxime Michaud2.1y ago
We’ve been using Index WP MySQL For Speed for some time, and the creator also recommended the Fast Woo Order Lookup plugin. This plugin seems to function correctly, and the method used to accelerate searches is ingenious. The order search feature was a frequent offender in our MySQL slow query log, but it seems to be much less of an issue now. According to both customer service testimonials and personal experience, searches are significantly faster. Previously, a search could take up to ten seconds now, it often takes about three seconds. There are times when it may take slightly longer, but generally, it’s much quicker. One downside of this plugin—which I personally don’t consider a negative—is that the trigram table uses about 6.4GB of space. It’s also worth mentioning that we have over 630,000 orders on the site in question. We therefore recommend this plugin if you’re looking to reduce search times for anyone needing to look up orders on your site. It will enhance their productivity and also reduce processing time to deliver the desired results. We haven’t encountered any problems with this plugin, but I should mention that it should be implemented by someone with some technical knowledge to measure the impact it will have. This can depend on whether your site has plugins that modify certain aspects. Also, if your site is inherently slow, this plugin won’t perform miracles to solve underlying issues.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ blockagency2.3y ago
I have been using Oliver’s plugins for years and they are amazing. This one is no exception. It improved the time to search for orders on a site with over 130,000 orders from 120 seconds to just 3 seconds! Just one question: does this plugin keep generating the indexes over and over again? Because I get this message constantly on the site: “Fast Woo Order Lookup indexing still in progress. 100% complete. See the Scheduled Actions status page for details.” And when this happens, the site backend and order lookup slows down again.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 5 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 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 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ! Headings and lists 3 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,244 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
- 2026-10-05 200+ → 300+ up after 432 days in tier
- 2025-07-30 300+ → 200+ down after 145 days in tier
- 2025-03-07 200+ → 300+ up after 80 days in tier
- 2024-12-17 100+ → 200+ up after 99 days in tier
- 2024-09-09 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-07 70+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-05 60+ → 70+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-08-28 50+ → 60+ up after 10 days in tier
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