Product Category
by Kushang Tailor · eCommerce
Also makes 3 other plugins · 600+ installs across the portfolio →
Create attractive WooCommerce product category sections with flexible layouts, editor-friendly controls, and styling options that fit your store.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈340 estimated
Momentum
+24%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “catalog”, “e commerce” and “ecommerce” 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.
81 health vs 71 average across 9,767 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.8%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 10.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,154 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 3 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 153 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ 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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| product category your tag | #5 | #23 | 0 |
| product category id | #7 | #23 | 0 |
| product category showcase | #8 | #23 | down 1 |
| product catalog your tag | #24 | #23 | down 2 |
| hide product category | #8 | #22 | 0 |
| product categories | #15 | #24 | up 2 |
| product designer | #17 | #23 | up 1 |
| product catalog control | #22 | #23 | down 4 |
| catalog your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| e commerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ecommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
32 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 24 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
- “catalog”, “e commerce” and “ecommerce” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 510 · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.5.3 · 1 Jun 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 79% 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 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 38% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 400+ in roughly 147 days.
Install history since 5 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ashishrana58963.9y ago
Very useful plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ HK3.9y ago
Thanks to the author for providing the Product category Elementor widget. Implementation and interaction are easy with live interaction. In addition, there are Product category shortcodes and Product category widgets for WP bakery/JS Composer.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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
5 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 "Create attractive WooCommerce product category sections with flexible layouts, editor-friendly controls, an..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "built for", "who want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,337 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("catalog", "e-commerce", "ecommerce", "product catalog" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-17 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-16 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-13 200+ → 300+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2026-05-18 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-17 200+ → 300+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 300+ → 200+ down after 1 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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Catalog Booster & Product Catalog Mode for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Klarna for WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 2.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Conversion Tracking for WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 3.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Japanized for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Kustom Checkout for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B
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