WCBoost – Products Compare
by WCBoost · eCommerce
Also makes 2 other plugins · 110K+ installs across the portfolio →
Enhance your WooCommerce store with WCBoost - Products Compare, enabling customers to easily compare products and make informed decisions.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30K+
≈39K estimated
Momentum
+16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “woocommerce” and “product” for “products” and “product launch”. “woocommerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “products” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “product” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “product launch” sits at #6 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 9,767 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →10%
of downloads still active
At least 30K of 294.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,155 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.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 48 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, 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
1 of 1 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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
15%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| compare your tag | #1 | #12 | 0 |
| products compare | #1 | #11 | 0 |
| product compare your tag | #1 | #13 | 0 |
| compare products | #1 | #10 | 0 |
| compare plugin | #1 | #13 | 0 |
| add to compare | #1 | #10 | 0 |
| woocommerce compare products plugin | #1 | #11 | 0 |
| compare products plugin | #1 | #12 | 0 |
| woocommerce compare products | #1 | #10 | 0 |
| compare product | #1 | #11 | 0 |
| woocommerce compare your tag | #3 | #18 | down 1 |
| products | #4 | #23 | 0 |
| remove products | #3 | #19 | 0 |
| woocommerce product compare | #2 | #16 | 0 |
| product comparison | #5 | #21 | down 1 |
| add products | #3 | #23 | 0 |
| compare woocommerce | #3 | #19 | 0 |
| hide products | #5 | #21 | 0 |
| product launch | #6 | #22 | 0 |
| new products | #4 | #24 | 0 |
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
82 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 50 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” and “product” for “products” and “product launch”. “woocommerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “products” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “product” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “product launch” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 26 Nov 2022 · 1,437 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 16.5K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.1.2 · 14 Sep 2026
13
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 61% 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 “30K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 39 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 40K.
Install history since 25 Nov 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ socialreza3.3y ago
Hello This plugin is great, I have some suggestions to make the plugin even better. 1- It is possible to filter based on categories on the product comparison page to prevent comparisons between, for example, mobile phones and clothes, and the product of each category can be compared with the product of its own category.2- There should be a counter of the number of comparison products to be placed in the header.3 – The possibility of setting restrictions for not displaying the comparison button for some categories.4 – Create a shortcode for the add to Compare button on the archive and single store page. Other suggestions came to my mind, I will let you know. Update : I am giving one star due to poor support. Good luck This topic was modified 3 years ago by socialreza. This topic was modified 3 years ago by socialreza.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.1.1 Fixed – Security: prevent unauthenticated disclosure of unpublished product data through the compare list. Tweak – WordPress 7.0 compatibility. Tweak – WooCommerce 10.8 compatibility. 1.1.1
- — Version 1.1.0 New – Add option to hide the compare bar when there are less than 2 products to compare. Tweak – WordPress 6.9 compatibility. Tweak – WooCommerce 10.4 compatibility. 1.1.0
- — Version 1.0.9 Fixed – Do not show the compare bar if the user is restricted by coming soon mode. 1.0.9
- — Version 1.0.8 New – Adds ‘hide_empty_attributes’ option to the shortcode. Fixed – Z-index issue with the compare bar for better overlay positioning. Fixed – Accessibility improvements for the compare popup and bar. Fixed – Popup can n 1.0.8
- — Version 1.0.7 Fixed – Cannot clear the comparison list. Tweak – WooCommerce 9.1 compatibility. 1.0.7
- — Version 1.0.6 Improve – Support persistent caching for logged-in users. Improve – Improve overall performance with the updated caching system. Tweak – WordPress 6.6 compatibility. 1.0.6
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.1.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 5.3 WCBoost – Products Compare <= 1.1.0 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure ↗2026-06-26 CVE-2026-57633 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 1.1.0 Patched in 1.1.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Enhance your WooCommerce store with WCBoost - Products Compare, enabling customers to easily compare produc..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 3 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,909 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "product compare", "woocommerce compare" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-23 40K+ → 30K+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-09-13 30K+ → 40K+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2026-08-26 40K+ → 30K+ down after 78 days in tier
- 2026-06-09 30K+ → 40K+ up after 279 days in tier
- 2025-09-03 20K+ → 30K+ up after 456 days in tier
- 2024-06-04 10K+ → 20K+ up after 265 days in tier
- 2023-09-13 9K+ → 10K+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2023-08-20 8K+ → 9K+ up after 24 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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YITH WooCommerce Compare 100K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
WPC Smart Compare for WooCommerce 70K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Rearrange Products for WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
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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