Product Recommendations – Custom Locations
by WooCommerce · eCommerce
Also makes 27 other plugins · 4.4M+ installs across the portfolio →
Feature plugin for the official Product Recommendations extension that allows you to use shortcodes to recommend products in custom WooCommerce store …
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Health
D 53/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+27%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “conversion”, “cross sells” and “recommendations” 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.
53 health vs 71 average across 9,847 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 8.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,182 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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: Update recency
Updated 777 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; 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
To rank higher: Last updated 777 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| conversion your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cross sells your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recommendations your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| up sells 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. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “conversion”, “cross sells” and “recommendations” 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 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 884 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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
2.1y ago
latest release · v2.0.4 · 18 Sep 2024
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 82% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and the previous band took 23 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ imaginarytrout2.1y ago
We need a solution to include Woocommerce Recommendations using the shortcode method which isn’t native to the core app. The Product Recommendations – Custom Locations allows us to do this using our Oxygen Builder based theme. Plugin works perfectly. When it stopped after the last core WooCommerce and WooCommercve Recommendations plugin updates I immediately informed the development team and received a very reasonable turnaroun time on a reply and a fix! Thanks to @jason Kytros for the amazing support.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chienle2.2y ago
Hi. i used this plugin and the shortcode is working only on pages/posts. But it is not working on single product page. Please have a look. Thanks
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.
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 "Feature plugin for the official Product Recommendations extension that allows you to use shortcodes to reco..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,143 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("conversion", "cross sells", "up-sells" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-13 300+ → 200+ down after 693 days in tier
- 2024-09-19 400+ → 300+ down after 48 days in tier
- 2024-08-02 300+ → 400+ up after 539 days in tier
- 2023-02-10 200+ → 300+ 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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Slickstream: Engagement and Conversions 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Floating Awesome Button (Sticky Button, Popup, Toast) & 200+ Website Custom Interactive Element 700+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
WPC Smart Linked Products – Upsells & Cross-sells for WooCommerce 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Supercharger AI — Ultimate Engagement Toolkit 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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