Product Category Showcase for WooCommerce

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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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ skunkgrunt

   7.6y ago

   What an awesome little plugin. After tinkering with default woocommerce shortcodes, css hacks and a lot of wasted time, this plugin did EXACTLY what I wanted, and then some. I absolutely LOVE the category slider on the left. One small issue which has been addressed in the support forum. When you copy the shortcode from the sidebar and paste it into the classic editor, it will insert it as “Preformatted”. This will cause the static category pictures to display under the category slider. To fix this, in the dropdown under the “Add Media” button, switch it from “preformatted” to “paragraph”, and it will display correctly.

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2. ★★★★★ nextgenspeed

   7.8y ago

   Just added today and it really made a huge different on my shop site. I had many questions and trouble with my theme affecting the plugin, but the online support chat was really helpful with everything. They were really fast too I was surprised, but great plugin and great customer service.

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3. ★★★★★ tazw52

   7.8y ago

   I had trouble with the Additional Categories images not showing and these guys came to the rescue and in no time at all found the conflict with my WordPress template and supplied a fix. Worked perfectly, well done guys.

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4. ★★★★★ alfonsmala

   7.9y ago

   This is a great plugin and the support was excellent, helped me in real time. A+++++++

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5. ★★★★★ Shawon C.

   8.9y ago

   First of all thanks to the author for making such good plugin. It works great and I liked the fancy slider most. Keep blessed, Pluginever!

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Appsero <= 1.2.1 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2022-12-16 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.1.9 Patched in 2.0.0
2. Medium · 4.3 Appsero <= 1.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2022-12-14 CVE-2022-47150 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.1.9 Patched in 2.0.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-10-25 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
2. 2025-10-23 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-10-22 900+ → 1K+ up after 7 days in tier
4. 2025-10-15 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-10-14 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-10-13 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-10-12 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-10-11 1K+ → 900+ down 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).

• YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom 20K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ installs · 2.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B
• WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C

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Product Category Showcase for WooCommerce: 1K+ active installs, 5.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wc-category-showcase