SUBRE – Product Subscription for WooCommerce – Recurring Payments
by VillaTheme · Membership
Also makes 56 other plugins · 156.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Convert WooCommerce simple products(physical or downloadable/virtual) to subscription products and allow recurring payments
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈290 estimated
Momentum
+7%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “sign up”, “subscribe” and “subscription” for “subscription billing”, “recurring payments” and “subscription box”. “sign up” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “subscription billing” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “subscribe” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “recurring payments” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “subscription” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “subscription box” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 71 average across 298 Membership plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.6%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 7.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Membership plugin keeps 0.9%, across 164 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Membership 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 70 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ 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.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
22%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| recurring payments | #19 | #22 | up 1 |
| subscription products | #20 | #24 | down 2 |
| recurring your tag | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| subscription billing | #17 | #23 | up 1 |
| subscription box | #20 | #23 | down 4 |
| sign product | #21 | #21 | 0 |
| physical products | #23 | #23 | up 1 |
| sign up your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| subscribe your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| subscription your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
69 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 62 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “sign up”, “subscribe” and “subscription” for “subscription billing”, “recurring payments” and “subscription box”. “sign up” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “subscription billing” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “subscribe” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “recurring payments” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “subscription” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “subscription box” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 9 Feb 2023 · 1,361 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 428 · 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 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 · 100% 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 20 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Feb 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ versado2.7y ago
It’s a good plugin, I hope it continues to endure.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ newjerseycreative2.7y ago
Really easy to use and begin making subscriptions on my Woocommerce site. I have a question for the developer: can you please include support for “Start Date” and “End Date”? This way I can choose which date a subscription payment starts or stops. Also is it possible to include the shipping charge all orders? How do I do this? This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by newjerseycreative. Reason: Additional question
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ heartofnebraskasoaps2.7y ago
I found this plug in to be the easiest to set up a subscription program. Great for beginners and those who don’t 100% website code!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wpalan913.6y ago
thanks so much for creating this. I love that it is added as a tick box in product editor rather than product type. Works well. Better still, integrates with villatheme Curcy multi currency. Small addition – can you give the user the option to hide payment methods at checkout that are not auto payment. I just added code to my site to do this. thanks for creating this!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
5 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 "Convert WooCommerce simple products(physical or downloadable/virtual) to subscription products and allow re..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for businesses"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Shopify, Facebook.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,451 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "sign up" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-03-13 100+ → 200+ up after 49 days in tier
- 2025-01-23 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-01-16 100+ → 200+ up after 55 days in tier
- 2024-11-22 200+ → 100+ down after 35 days in tier
- 2024-10-18 100+ → 200+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2024-10-12 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-10-10 100+ → 200+ up after 334 days in tier
- 2023-11-11 90+ → 100+ up after 20 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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Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Subscribe2 – Form, Email Subscribers & Newsletters 10K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Hostinger Reach – AI-Powered Email Marketing for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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