WC Tiered Shipping
by Joni Halabi · eCommerce
Also makes 2 other plugins · 40+ installs across the portfolio →
[Deprecated!] This WordPress plugin adds a tiered flat rate shipping option for the WooCommerce plugin.
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Health
C 61/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈38 estimated
Momentum
-8%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Add “tiered shipping” to your wp.org tags. You rank #9 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
61 health vs 71 average across 9,824 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 7.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,168 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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 565 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 4 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 565 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tiered shipping | #9 | #21 | down 4 |
| flat rate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shipping your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “tiered shipping” to your wp.org tags. You rank #9 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 220 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
1.5y ago
latest release · v3.2.1 · 17 Apr 2025
5
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 34 days ago and the previous band took 16 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 40.
Install history since 13 May 2020
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "[Deprecated!] This WordPress plugin adds a tiered flat rate shipping option for the WooCommerce plugin."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,248 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-30 40+ → 30+ down after 467 days in tier
- 2025-06-20 50+ → 40+ down after 62 days in tier
- 2025-04-19 60+ → 50+ down after 35 days in tier
- 2025-03-15 70+ → 60+ down after 103 days in tier
- 2024-12-02 80+ → 70+ down after 105 days in tier
- 2024-08-19 90+ → 80+ down after 79 days in tier
- 2024-06-01 100+ → 90+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2024-05-07 90+ → 100+ up after 21 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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Free shipping + Flat rate and hide other methods for WooCommerce 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
WooCommerce Shipping 70K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
Advanced Free Shipping for WooCommerce 40K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
ShipStation for WooCommerce 40K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Packlink PRO for WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Table Rate Shipping for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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