Similar Products
by cedcommerce · eCommerce
Add Similar products on Product Page.
45 health vs 70 average across 2,700 eCommerce plugins
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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.17.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1844 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
56
now · peak 152
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-27 40+ → 30+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-03-18 30+ → 40+ up after 8 days in band
- 2026-03-10 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-08 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-07 40+ → 30+ down after 35 days in band
- 2026-01-31 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-30 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-01-26 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WCBoost – Products Compare 40K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Rearrange Products for WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/similar-products" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Similar Products — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Similar Products: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/similar-products