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Featured First then Random for WooCommerce

by Vitalii Rizo · eCommerce

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This is a small plugin for Wordpress which adds extra product sorting option: Featured First then Random. It can be very useful for stores with a larg …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 68 average across 5,562 eCommerce plugins

10+

Active installs

≈19 estimated

2.2K

Total downloads

since 2016

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

-2%

56

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, well behind 6.8.

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.

35 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 7/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3502 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-2% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

56

now · peak 135

5630d downloads · Aug 26

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

Featured First then · #32476 you Featured Image from · #623 Extra Product Sortin · #2134 Google for WooCommer · #74

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.

5.6Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2019-09-20 · 1,384 observations

10Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
9.6y ago
Added
2016-12-11 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
4.3
Tested up to
4.6.30
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ yasko
    9.6y ago

    thank you for nice plugin. I search on internet but only I find random sorting codes. But I need featured + random … Thank you so much

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

✓ 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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2023-05-26 20+ → 10+ down after 54 days in tier
  2. 2023-04-02 10+ → 20+ up after 61 days in tier
  3. 2023-01-31 20+ → 10+ down after 81 days in tier
  4. 2022-11-11 10+ → 20+ up after 23 days in tier
  5. 2022-10-19 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in tier
  6. 2022-10-14 10+ → 20+ up

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Featured First then Random for WooCommerce: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/featured-first-then-random-sorting-for-woocommerce