Product Catalog Simple
by impleCode · Media
Also makes 6 other plugins · 9.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Catalog plugin with fully customizable responsive design, search and categories. Best for product catalog and services or portfolio presentation.
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Health
A 86/100
no flags
Active installs
1K+
≈1.8K estimated
Momentum
+59%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “catalog”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
86 health vs 62 average across 3,301 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 87K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,325 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media 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 7 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 12 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 13 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
12%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| product catalog your tag | #7 | #12 | down 1 |
| catalog your tag | #11 | #13 | up 1 |
| responsive catalog | #4 | #7 | 0 |
| catalogue your tag | #12 | #13 | down 4 |
| product catalogue | #5 | #9 | 0 |
| simple catalog | #6 | #10 | 0 |
| product catalog control | #9 | #14 | 0 |
| product listing product catalog mode | #9 | #15 | down 1 |
| product catalog mode | #14 | #17 | 0 |
| ai catalog | #16 | #18 | up 2 |
| product your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| product gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
50 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 40 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
- One page off on “catalog”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “catalogue”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “product” and “product gallery” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.8K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
7
releases in the last 12 months
12d ago
latest release · v1.9.3 · 22 Oct 2026
66
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 8.5 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 80% of the way through.
Install history since 27 May 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ zygzak1.3y ago
Dla moich potrzeb działa bardzo dobrze
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ KZNCraig2.9y ago
Excellent plugin. Great if you have items that need attributes.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kindred6.3y ago
Product Catalog X is versatile and very configurable. It’s also extremely simple to get set up and started while allowing for more experienced web admins to design the content presentation that is desired.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ terry7896.6y ago
Very functional plugin with many useful extensions! Also the support is excellent, fast and effective. Highly recommended if you want to display extensive products on your website. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ silverliebt7.4y ago
I am very impressed with the design and functionality of this plugin. I have a client who needed to display conveyor products in many different categories, but without any ecommerce necessary. Product Catalog X fit the bill perfectly. After some CSS to hide the sidebar (thanks Elegant Themes blog) completely, I was able to display products on the full canvas of the theme. There are some advanced features here too, like the magnifying hover that you often see if high-end ecommerce shopping experiences, the scale on click (thumbnail acting as button) that is a nice UX touch, and more. Creating new products and categorizing them is a breeze. Click paths are rational and include breadcrumbs and Back to Products link/button at the bottom. Customized with CSS, the products section fits the rest of the site design really well. Also, no crashes. Kudos to the team!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ analogguy8.2y ago
The catalog is great. I’m missing a parent item solution to sort for manufacturers in the base/ free version. Addon “attribute table” dosn’t refresh if you add more attributes (delete and add the product item new). You need to add some empty attributes to cope with later changes. Existing attributes will be refreshed if you change them.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ working2000it8.6y ago
Lo uso per caricare directories, archivi e cataloghi di vario genere. Lavorando un po’ sui CSS si può ottenere una personalizzazione dei temi più adatta al template utilizzato in WP. I use it to load directories, archives and catalogs of various kinds. Working a little on CSS you can get a customization of the most suitable themes for the template used in WP.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nyklickova8.7y ago
Great product -easy to install, easy to use, nice layout, and great variety of add-ons.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 8 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.9.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Product Catalog Simple <= 1.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-09-22 CVE-2025-58992 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.8.2 Patched in 1.8.3
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Product Catalog Simple <= 1.8.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-06-05 CVE-2025-49305 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.8.1 Patched in 1.8.2
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Product Catalog Simple <= 1.7.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via show_products Shortcode ↗2025-02-27 CVE-2025-1405 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.7.11 Patched in 1.8.0
- Patched Medium · 5.3 Product Catalog Simple <= 1.7.6 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Product CSV ↗2023-12-27 CVE-2023-51687 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects < 1.7.7 Patched in 1.7.7
- Patched Medium · 4.3 Product Catalog Simple <= 1.7.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via ic_system_status ↗2023-11-08 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.7.5 Patched in 1.7.6
- 2023-04-06 CVE-2023-29388 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 1.7.0 Patched in 1.7.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 44 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 20 more locales with partial translations.
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
2 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 9 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,691 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "catalogue", "product gallery" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2018-05-03 900+ → 1K+ up after 80 days in tier
- 2018-02-12 200+ → 900+ 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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Ultimate Product Catalog 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags A -
Simple Catalog for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Catalog for Woocommerce 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Product Category 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - E Easy Product Catalog 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
- R Real WP Shop Lite Ajax eCommerce Shopping Cart 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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