Free Product Samples for WooCommerce – Try Before You Buy, Request Samples by Mail
by Dotstore · Uncategorized
Also makes 21 other plugins · 66.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Advanced Product Sample for WooCommerce does one thing, and it does it well. It lets you order product as a product sample.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈70 estimated
Momentum
+24%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “free” for “beer”. “free” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “beer” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 6.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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
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 80 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
3%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| try before you buy | #1 | #12 | 0 |
| free sample your tag | #2 | #19 | 0 |
| sample your tag | #2 | #16 | up 1 |
| sample request | #1 | #11 | 0 |
| samples | #3 | #20 | down 2 |
| product sample your tag | #4 | #22 | 0 |
| product samples | #5 | #22 | 0 |
| free product sample | #3 | #19 | 0 |
| product sample button | #5 | #22 | 0 |
| sample product | #6 | #23 | down 1 |
| beer | #12 | #12 | down 1 |
| order samples | #9 | #22 | 0 |
| wine | #24 | #24 | — |
| free your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| product your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
44 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 31 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “free” for “beer”. “free” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “beer” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 282 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,100 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ 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
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
3mo ago
latest release · v1.4.4 · 13 Aug 2026
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 70.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ gotty1.7y ago
I’ve been looking for a samples plugin that works properly for years and couldn’t find it until I found this one.I tried it a while ago and it had several problems, but after the latest updates they have developed all the shortcomings it had.I have a store that needs several specific functionalities and the support team has helped me with each and every one of them very quickly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Francesco4.5y ago
The free version is almost useless. I want to send sample for some products on my site, not all products: you need to manually select each product (category selection only in pro license). I want my customers to pay full price for sample (they get one sample instead of 10 customized products): you cannot set the full price of each product, you can only set a FLAT rate for all samples (percentage of the product sampled -which you can set to 100% i guess, to charge full price for sample- is in paid license). I have a “minimum quantity” plugin already installed: both plugins don’t work “together”. Shipping rates and classes only in pro license.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ steve4.6y ago
Refunded plugin after this complaint This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by steve.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.4.4). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects 1.0.0 - 1.2.0 Patched in 1.2.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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.
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Advanced Product Sample for WooCommerce does one thing, and it does it well. It lets you order product as a..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("designed for", "who want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Gutenberg, Google Analytics.
- ✓ Headings and lists 17 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 8,097 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
- 2026-10-27 70+ → 60+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-10-23 60+ → 70+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 80+ → 60+ down after 42 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 90+ → 80+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2026-08-09 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 90+ → 80+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-13 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
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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Ultimate Blocks – 25+ Gutenberg Blocks for Block Editor 50K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
WCBoost – Products Compare 30K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
Rearrange Products for WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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