MATE Recently Viewed Products – Cache Compatible for WooCommerce
by Alfonso Catrón · Blocks
Display recently viewed WooCommerce products via AJAX and cookies. Works with caching. Includes a customizable block and shortcode.
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
C 62/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.1K estimated
Momentum
+69%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “block” for “viewed”. “block” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “viewed” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
62 health vs 71 average across 2,527 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →58%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 1.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,581 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 506 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
27
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| recently viewed your tag | #2 | #10 | 0 |
| recently viewed products | #4 | #15 | down 2 |
| viewed | #5 | #22 | down 2 |
| woocommerce recently viewed | #2 | #14 | 0 |
| recently | #6 | #22 | down 1 |
| block your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cache your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| products your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “block” for “viewed”. “block” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “viewed” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 2 Jun 2025 · 519 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 280 · 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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.0.4 · 14 Jun 2025
3
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 42 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 1K.
At the current install trend, crossing 2K+ in roughly 189 days.
Install history since 1 Jun 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ tbst5mo ago
Thank you author for this amazing app! If you’re using WPRocket and the images over 5 aren’t showing up, add mrvp_recent_products to your exclusion list for delay javascript settings.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sueoutlet1.4y ago
It was super easy to set up and it worked perfectly with WP Rocket and W3 Total Cache. Thank you so much for the great work on this one. With the current list view option, I’d love to see an option to display the products in a slider or carousal layout in future updates. Overall, I’m really impressed with the plugin, and highly recommend it!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 3 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display recently viewed WooCommerce products via AJAX and cookies. Works with caching. Includes a customiza..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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, Gutenberg, WP Rocket.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,388 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
- 2026-09-21 900+ → 1K+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-09-09 800+ → 900+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-08-24 700+ → 800+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-08-05 600+ → 700+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-07-20 500+ → 600+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 400+ → 500+ up after 28 days in tier
- 2026-06-12 300+ → 400+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-05-24 200+ → 300+ up after 26 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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WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance 500K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
Breeze Cache 300K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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