Genesis Connect for WooCommerce

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38 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 29 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.

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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.

Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 2.1 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ wilhud

   2.1y 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

   6.0y ago

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

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3. ★★★★★ todayshomekitchen

   7.3y 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

   7.3y ago

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

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5. ★★★★★ houseofhands

   8.7y 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

   9.3y 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

   10.3y 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

   10.8y 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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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

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

Translated into 7 languages, 7 at 90% or more

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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 after 1637 days in tier
3. 2018-05-01 20K+ → 30K+ up after 632 days in tier
4. 2016-08-07 10K+ → 20K+ up

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Genesis Connect for WooCommerce: 10K+ active installs, 4.1★ (17 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/genesis-connect-woocommerce