List Products By Category Widget for WooCommerce
by Blaze Concepts · Search
Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display a list of all the products in a WooCommerce product category with this handy widget.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
900+
≈1K estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “categories”, “filter” and “products” 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.
47 health vs 63 average across 980 Search plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.5%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 19.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Search plugin keeps 0.7%, across 647 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Search plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.24.
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 2185 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.5.24; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2185 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| categories your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| filter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| products your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget 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, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “categories”, “filter” and “products” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 266 · 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
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
6.0y ago
latest release · v1.3.0 · 8 Nov 2020
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 59 days ago and the previous band took 3.3 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.
Install history since 12 Jan 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ framtidensporslinab3.2y ago
A great plugin, no other like it. Perfect if you need to showcase products by a specific category. Needs an update, based on Wordfence actively reminding me that this plugin is abandoned since there haven’t been an update for the past 3 years and WordPress warning me about this plugin might not work. I just updated to WordPress 6.3.1 and this plugin still works just fine.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bennythomson5.2y ago
Works great, plenty of customization. Just what WooCommerce needed
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User 142934475.8y ago
…and get the rewards/credits you deserve for filling the gap with this missing widget 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nextup5557.2y ago
I had a few issues so I asked for support. They replied fast and my issue was resolved as quickly as possible. This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by nextup555. This topic was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by nextup555. Reason: Issues Resolved
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ acquirocam7.4y ago
Needed to only show certain brands inside of a widget, and this plugin allowed me to do just that. Quick and simple.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display a list of all the products in a WooCommerce product category with this handy widget."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 868 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "filter" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-04 1K+ → 900+ down after 1213 days in tier
- 2023-05-10 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-05-09 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-05-08 2K+ → 1K+ down after 216 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 1K+ → 2K+ 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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YITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode 60K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
WCBoost – Wishlist 40K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
افزونه رسمی ترب 40K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
YITH WooCommerce Badge Management 10K+ installs · 3.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Smart Manager – Bulk Edit for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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