VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce
by viesac · eCommerce
WooCommerce VAT & GST validation via EU VIES and 20+ national registries (UK, CH, NO, AE, JP, SG, IN, AU, ZA, AR), plus 115 standard tax rates.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈20 estimated
Momentum
-13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “woocommerce”, “vat” and “vies” for “serbia”, “armenia” and “vat validation”. “woocommerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “serbia” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “vat” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “armenia” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “vies” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “vat validation” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 71 average across 9,751 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 1.3K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,143 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 5 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.2, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
2 of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hmrc your tag | #4 | #7 | down 1 |
| vat validation | #7 | #21 | up 2 |
| uk vat your tag | #8 | #23 | 0 |
| nip | #4 | #6 | 0 |
| serbia | #6 | #5 | down 1 |
| arca | #6 | #7 | 0 |
| armenia | #7 | #12 | down 1 |
| iceland | #8 | #11 | down 3 |
| vies your tag | #14 | #21 | down 1 |
| vat your tag | #18 | #23 | up 6 |
| reverse charge | #12 | #21 | down 2 |
| gst | #20 | #22 | down 1 |
| egypt | #12 | #12 | down 1 |
| turkey | #14 | #15 | down 2 |
| vat compliance | #18 | #24 | down 1 |
| croatia | #18 | #22 | down 1 |
| estonia | #19 | #22 | down 3 |
| bulgaria | #21 | #23 | down 9 |
| switzerland | #22 | #24 | down 4 |
| gst invoice | #20 | #24 | up 1 |
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
128 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 105 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “woocommerce”, “vat” and “vies” for “serbia”, “armenia” and “vat validation”. “woocommerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “serbia” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “vat” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “armenia” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “vies” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “vat validation” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “vies”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 1 Jun 2026 · 152 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 562 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 20.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 8 languages, 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
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 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 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for developers"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, WPML, Polylang, TranslatePress.
- ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 15,696 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-26 10+ → 20+ 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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Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
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