Weight zone shipping for WooCommerce
by bobbingwide · eCommerce
Also makes 15 other plugins · 6.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds shipping zone weight based shipping cost calculations to your WooCommerce store.
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Health
B 70/100
Stale
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “multi rate”, “shipping” and “woocommerce” for “zones”, “handling fee” and “shipping zone”. “multi rate” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “zones” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “shipping” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “handling fee” sits at #19 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. “shipping zone” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
70 health vs 71 average across 9,788 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.6%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 38.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,167 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.
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 426 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 11 reviews, smoothed to 4.26★ 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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| zone your tag | #7 | #12 | down 1 |
| weight your tag | #10 | #19 | down 1 |
| weight based | #9 | #14 | down 1 |
| zone based | #8 | #10 | up 1 |
| weight based shipping | #20 | #18 | down 4 |
| zones | #16 | #21 | down 1 |
| shipping zone | #24 | #20 | down 4 |
| handling fee | #19 | #16 | down 1 |
| uk shipping | #16 | #18 | 0 |
| zone based shipping | #24 | #19 | 0 |
| multi rate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shipping your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
18 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “multi rate”, “shipping” and “woocommerce” for “zones”, “handling fee” and “shipping zone”. “multi rate” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “zones” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “shipping” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “handling fee” sits at #19 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. “shipping zone” sits at #24 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.1K · 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
1.2y ago
latest release · v0.2.13 · 2 Sep 2025
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 23 Dec 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ webmasterscr2.8y ago
This plugin handles perfectly all my needs.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sylvie-V5.6y ago
Thanks for this plugin! It is easy to use. The options are simple and sufficient. Just what I need for my personal store! Excellent and smart work! This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by Sylvie-V.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ giraffe755.6y ago
I can’t believe that this seems to be the ONLY shipping plugin for Woocommerce that lets you create tables that are easy to import/export or in this case simply copy/paste the data. This is such a perfect and easy solution if you need to deal with different shipping cost tables that can’t be calculated. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ deni_ru9.2y ago
Thanks for your amazing work
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ curlybracket9.3y ago
I use this plugin on one WP site of a client, where it works very well. Thank you! However I just ralized today that it is not suitable for the usecase in which one wants to have a *minimum* weight set. For example: I use a shipping method up to 30kgs and then I would like to switch to another method, once I’m over 30kgs. This does not work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mrruim9.4y ago
Easy to use and works perfect!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JillynD9.5y ago
This plugin is incredibly easy to use. I was initially frustrated because I was unable to find instructions beyond the standard installation instructions. Turns out that this plugin’s instructions are built into the plugin. You receive exactly what you need to know from your WooCommerce Shipping setup page. So easy, so fast, so simple!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Enrique J. Ros9.6y ago
Works nicely, easy to set up. Would be great if the handling fee could be set also as a percentage of the cart total (just a pair of lines of code).
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 10 languages, 1 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
6 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds shipping zone weight based shipping cost calculations to your WooCommerce store."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 6 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.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 814 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "multi rate" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-03 2K+ → 1K+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2025-12-07 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-06 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1822 days in tier
- 2020-12-10 1K+ → 2K+ up after 369 days in tier
- 2019-12-07 300+ → 1K+ up
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 -
Printful Integration for WooCommerce 50K+ installs · 2.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
ShipStation for WooCommerce 40K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Claudio Sanches – Correios for WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags C -
Shiptastic for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Colissimo shipping methods for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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