Remove products background for WooCommerce
by Alexey Serdyuk · eCommerce
Remove or change backgrounds of WooCommerce product images automatically.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “background”, “change background” and “product images” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 71 average across 9,748 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 10.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,142 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2449 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.3.27; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2449 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| background your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| change background your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| product images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| remove background your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “background”, “change background” and “product images” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 137 · 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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
6.7y ago
latest release · v1.2 · 16 Feb 2020
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 7 months ago; the previous band took 13 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 10 May 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Patrick Thagaard6.2y ago
I am beyond impressed with this integration (and remove.bg). We have 4 larger webshops with a lot of products with multi-colored baggrounds and badly taken photos… We spend 6 minutes setting up the API and pressing “Remove backgrounds” -> and now we have the most amazing webshop look with conform images. Not a single image has failed or had a bad background removal. Ive never seen anything like it and didnt expect it to work this well at all….
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ qingganeu6.8y ago
I had a few bugs here and there. But after sending a message to the support via mail, they fixed it a day later. Remove.bg is one of the more expensive background removers, but it has a very high accurity and it’s the only one, working with a plugin in WordPress via API. In the end you safe a lot of time, if you have a lot of products.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 2 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
8 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 "Remove or change backgrounds of WooCommerce product images automatically."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you have", "if you want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 9 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,412 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
- 2026-04-08 300+ → 200+ down after 394 days in tier
- 2025-03-10 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-03-07 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-03-02 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-28 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-27 400+ → 300+ down after 256 days in tier
- 2024-06-16 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-14 400+ → 500+ up after 5 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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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 -
Enable Media Replace 600K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C
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