Product categories search admin for woocommerce
by Andreas Sofantzis · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 340+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin will add a search field for product categories in new/edit product page in admin.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈380 estimated
Momentum
n/a
no downloads in the prior 30 days to compare with
Biggest opportunity: “admin” and “product categories” 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.
49 health vs 56 average across 5,910 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.3%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 3.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,195 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1239 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1239 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| product categories your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin” and “product categories” 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 6 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 202 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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
3.4y ago
latest release · v1.2 · 14 Jun 2023
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 27 days ago and the previous band took 16 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 400.
Install history since 17 Aug 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dalibor2.9y ago
A life saver for bunch of product categories. Allows to easy search through them instead of manually browsing through that narrow window frame. Thanks a bunch. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ YoramBo3.7y ago
It is a great solution when managing lots of categories – I tried some custom snippets without much success, till I found this one. The plugin makes it easy to manage categories Thank You
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tony770024.1y ago
This plugin has saved me an incredible amount of time. I hope the enhancement includes a search on bulk editing now. Thanks so much for this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ deniz194.2y ago
Thank you very much, it is very useful for a lot catogory in product page.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ promoballons4.6y ago
This extension is perfect
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gomle4.7y ago
Total of 4.5kb, does the work for a woocommerce store owner 10 times easier when assigning products to categories. Thanks! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 4 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin will add a search field for product categories in new/edit product page in admin."
- ! 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 Mentions WooCommerce.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 270 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-08 400+ → 300+ down after 472 days in tier
- 2025-06-23 500+ → 400+ down after 470 days in tier
- 2024-03-10 400+ → 500+ up after 92 days in tier
- 2023-12-09 300+ → 400+ up after 149 days in tier
- 2023-07-13 200+ → 300+ up after 218 days in tier
- 2022-12-07 100+ → 200+ up
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