Ship Discounts
by Horizon Cumulus · eCommerce
Offer your customers shipping services with real-time quotes.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈120 estimated
Momentum
+20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “carriers” for “ship”. “carriers” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ship” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 71 average across 9,755 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,151 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 26 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
2.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.06★ 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
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ship | #8 | #24 | 0 |
| free ship | #11 | #24 | down 1 |
| carriers your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ecommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| quotes your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shipping your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “carriers” for “ship”. “carriers” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ship” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 13 Aug 2024 · 810 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 336 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 100.
Install history since 12 Aug 2024
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 25 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,093 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ecommerce" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 90+ → 100+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 100+ → 90+ down after 45 days in tier
- 2026-06-29 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 100+ → 90+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2026-05-19 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-18 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-15 90+ → 100+ up after 80 days in tier
- 2026-02-24 80+ → 90+ up after 2 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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The Courier Guy Shipping for WooCommerce 4K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
CDEKDelivery 3K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Russian Post and EMS for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Flat Rate per State/Country/Region for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Weight/Country Shipping for WooCommerce 800+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
WooCommerce 7M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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