Live Rates for ShipStation
by IQComputing · eCommerce
Also makes 1 other plugin · 200.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Pulls live shipping rates from your favorite carriers connected to 3rd party provider ShipStation.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈420 estimated
Momentum
+100%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “ups”, “woocommerce” and “usps” for “rates”, “usps rates” and “live shipping rates”. “ups” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rates” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “woocommerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “usps rates” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “usps” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “live shipping rates” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 71 average across 9,785 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.1%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 7.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,161 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce 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 18 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 21 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
16%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| live rates | #2 | #5 | down 1 |
| shipstation your tag | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| rates | #5 | #16 | 0 |
| usps live rates | #3 | #4 | up 1 |
| ups live rates | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| fedex live rates | #2 | #4 | up 1 |
| live shipping rates | #6 | #9 | 0 |
| usps rates | #5 | #9 | 0 |
| shipstation woocommerce | #3 | #10 | up 1 |
| fedex your tag | #10 | #12 | 0 |
| ups rates | #4 | #12 | up 3 |
| fedex rates | #4 | #7 | 0 |
| usps your tag | #15 | #19 | down 1 |
| live | #21 | #21 | down 2 |
| 3rd party | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| carriers | #23 | #18 | down 3 |
| shipping rates | #24 | #19 | down 3 |
| carrier | #24 | #19 | down 5 |
| 3rd party request | #19 | #23 | — |
| custom shipping rates | #24 | #22 | down 1 |
| ups your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
39 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 19 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 “ups”, “woocommerce” and “usps” for “rates”, “usps rates” and “live shipping rates”. “ups” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “rates” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “woocommerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “usps rates” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “usps” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “live shipping rates” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “usps”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 30 Jul 2025 · 461 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.2K · peaks are release surges
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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
18
releases in the last 12 months
21d ago
latest release · v1.2.17 · 12 Oct 2026
27
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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 400.
At the current install trend, crossing 500+ in roughly 124 days.
Install history since 29 Jul 2025
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Facebook, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,276 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("fedex", "ups", "usps" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-06 300+ → 400+ up after 95 days in tier
- 2026-05-03 200+ → 300+ up after 52 days in tier
- 2026-03-12 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-11 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 100+ → 200+ up after 92 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-11-28 80+ → 90+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-11-20 70+ → 80+ up after 7 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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WooCommerce Shipping 70K+ installs · 2.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C
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