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Genesis Connect for WooCommerce

by Nathan Rice · eCommerce

Also makes 3 other plugins · 37K+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin allows you to seamlessly integrate WooCommerce with the Genesis Framework and Genesis child themes.

How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 68 average across 5,563 eCommerce plugins

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.

92 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 72/100
Listing tuning 92/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+52% vs prior 30d
24Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

727

now · peak 16.8K

70330d 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

Genesis Connect for · #1824 you Genesis Simple Hooks · #1220 Genesis Simple Sideb · #1939 Genesis eNews Extend · #858

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.1Stars · Aug 26

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.

70per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

1

releases in the last 12 months

3mo ago

latest release · v1.1.2

15

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.2 · 3mo ago1.1.1 · 3.4y ago1.1.0 · 6.4y ago1.0.0 · 8.1y ago0.9.10 · 8.6y ago0.9.9 · 9.6y ago0.9.8 · 9.8y ago0.9.7 · 12.7y ago0.9.6 · 12.7y ago0.9.5 · 12.8y ago0.9.3 · 14.1y ago0.9.4 · 14.1y ago0.9.2 · 14.5y ago0.9.1 · 14.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 95%
Older / other versions 4.8%

Estimated active installs

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

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈19K

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

Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,469 observations

10KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
1.1.2
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2012-02-29 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
5.6

Recent reviews

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  1. wilhud
    1.9y ago

    Appears to be breaking the product gallery when installed with the current versions of Genesis and WooCommerce. This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by wilhud.

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  2. gyamasak
    5.8y ago

    This plugin broke my site using Elementor. Do not install if you are using Elementor

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  3. todayshomekitchen
    7.1y ago

    I launched my site back in January. About three months ago I thought that my product categories looked wrong. Last week I tried to go in and fix it but it looked worse. No one could tell me what the problem was and said I’d have to change themes! I’ve spent 6 days seeing what happened. Today I simply went into my dashboard and clicked Genesis, which I had never done. I looked at the Genesis plugins and there it was, this plugin to fix the issues my child theme has with WooCommerce styling. Instantly things look the way they should so thank you. I love all the looks of my site and the theme works perfectly for a food and cooking blog. Now that WooCommerce is fixed it’s even better.

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  4. skiboards
    7.1y ago

    poor update that messed up my website design and made it non-functional.

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  5. houseofhands
    8.6y ago

    WOW! v0.9.10 breaks my site: shop content is not displayed, menu (nav) is broken en footer widgets are gone … stuff that has nothing to do with this plugin are effected. Luckely this is a website in development. So i’m going back to v0.9.9 and trying to figure out what’s wrong here. So be warned! Don’t update if your webshop is live. This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by houseofhands.

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  6. kaimana
    9.1y ago

    Aloha Friends Breaking News: I just updated this review to Five Stars because Nick Cernis (@modernnerd), responded almost immediately with the information to fix the problem. The problem wasn’t Genesis Connect for Woo, or Woo, itwas occurring because I hadn’t yet installed my Woo Cart and Checkout pages. This is totally my fault: I last installed WooCommerce in 2015, and the version at that time auto-installed the Cart and Checkout pages. Current version doesn’t do so. Not knowing these two pages now had to be manually installed, or that I had to use the WC Setup Wizard to do so, they weren’t. Did so and it’s all motating along nicely now. Again, Thanks! Aloha, Tim……… (original 1-star review, now updated to Five Stars): This is the first time I’ve had any kind of problem with Studiopress products; I use a number of them. I’m putting this 1-star review up in hopes of getting a fix sooner rather than later; and will change it to a 5-star review as soon as I’ve got an answer that makes GCFW work again. Herre’s what’s happening: I just put together a brand new site, and Genesis Connect for WooCommerce is making my content disappear. As in gone, nowhere, disappeared completely off all the pages. I deactivated all the plugins, then reactivated them one by one until I found which one was causing the problem. I can activate all my other plugins except GCFW, and the content is on the pages. Here’s my WordPress Configuration: WP Version : 4.8 WPMU: No MySQL Version : 5.6.32 WP Table Prefix : wp_dhme_ PHP Version : 5.5.22 Session Save Path : 4;/hermes/phpsessions WP URL: https://newageofsail.com Server Name : newageofsail.com Cookie Domain : newageofsail.com CURL Library Present : Yes Debug File Write Permissions : Writable PHP Version : 5.5.22 PHP Memory Usage: 47.89 MB PHP Memory Limit : 256M PHP Max Upload Size : 20M PHP Max Post Size : 20M PHP Allow URL fopen : Off PHP Allow URL Include : Off PHP Display Errors : Off PHP Max Script Execution Time : 120 Seconds Genesis Parent theme Metro Pro Child Theme 2.5.2 Plugin Name, Version, and Plugin URLs All In One WP Security 4.2.8 https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wordpress-security-and-firewall-plugin Genesis Simple Edits 2.2.0 http://www.studiopress.com/plugins/genesis-simple-edits Genesis Simple Sidebars 2.1.0 http://www.studiopress.com/plugins/simple-sidebars Genesis Title Toggle 1.7.1 http://www.billerickson.net/ PayPal for WooCommerce 1.4.5.1 http://www.angelleye.com/product/paypal-for-woocommerce-plugin/ Super Socializer 7.9.3 https://super-socializer-wordpress.heateor.com WooCommerce 3.1.1 https://woocommerce.com/ What’s baffling is that I have another site that’s using the 2.4.2 version of the same themes, with GCFW, AND all these plugins, and is working perfectly. I’d like to use the plugin; I’ve purchased a bunch of StudioPress themes and add-ons over the years and this is the first problem I’ve ever had with any of them. Aloha, Tim……….. This topic was modified 8 years, 12 months ago by kaimana. Reason: updated to 5-Star review

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  7. Cyndi
    10.2y ago

    With the new changes to WooCommerce and Genesis Framework, do you anticipate making updates to the plugin? Thank you!

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  8. KTPHdeveloper
    10.6y ago

    Allows us to use Genesis with Woo which means amazing things. My only complaint/suggestions is listed here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/you-theme-contains-outdated-copies-of-some-woocommerce-template-file?replies=9 Def. need a better way of notifying us the templates are up to date and I would give it a 5 if done so!

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.1.2 Declared compatibility with High Performance Order Storage. 1.1.2
  2. Version 1.1.1 Removed use of wp_make_content_images_responsive featured product widget images; srcset is applied via wp_calculate_image_srcset in wp_get_attachment_image used by genesis_get_image . 1.1.1
  3. Version 1.1.0 Added php codesniffer via composer package for WordPress code standards. Fixed spacing and syntax issues for WordPress code standards. Renamed Gencwooc_Featured_Products file to adhere to WordPress code standards. 1.1.0
  4. Version 1.0 Released 7 August 2018. Add WooCommerce version check support. Reinstate Genesis Featured Products widget. (Enable with add_theme_support( 'gencwooc-featured-products-widget' ); .) Prevent ‘ID was called incorrectly’ err 1.0
  5. Version 0.9.10 Update theme templates for WooCommerce 3.3. Add Featured Products Widget. 0.9.10
  6. Version 0.9.9 Released 12 January 2017 Adds the Genesis Connect Addons tab to the WooCommerce settings page. Adds an option to control the products to show per page on the Shop page template (can be overriden by theme). Removes the ad 0.9.9

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2.2

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 7 languages, 7 at 90% or more

Chinese (Taiwan) 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Colombia) 100%
Spanish (Mexico) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Spanish (Venezuela) 100%
Swedish 91%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-11-29 20K+ → 10K+ down after 767 days in tier
  2. 2022-10-24 30K+ → 20K+ down

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