Product Widget Slider for WooCommerce
by Steve Truman · eCommerce
Also makes 12 other plugins · 97.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Beautifully lightweight, mobile & tablet responsive Product Widget Slider for WooCommerce plugin that packs a powerful marketing punch
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Health
B 80/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “woocommerce” for “punch”. “woocommerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “punch” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
80 health vs 71 average across 9,767 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 144.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,154 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 4 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 115 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
2.2★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 3.90★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
26%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| punch | #5 | #12 | 0 |
| woocommerce widget product slideshow your tag | #6 | #22 | — |
| woothemes your tag | #14 | #21 | down 1 |
| slideshow widget | #14 | #24 | up 1 |
| page slideshow widget | #24 | #24 | — |
| post slideshow widget | #24 | #24 | — |
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce product images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce widgets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
29 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 23 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
- Swap “woocommerce” for “punch”. “woocommerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “punch” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “woothemes”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 746 · 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v2.3.2 · 9 Jul 2026
68
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 51% 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 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 31 May 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.3.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2022-11-02 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.9.1 Patched in 1.9.2
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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
3 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 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 6 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,465 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("WooCommerce Product images", "WooCommerce widget product slideshow", "WooCommerce widgets", "woothemes" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 300+ → 200+ down after 287 days in tier
- 2025-11-17 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-15 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-13 400+ → 300+ down after 279 days in tier
- 2025-02-07 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-06 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-04 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-03 400+ → 500+ up after 1 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 -
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ installs · 2.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
Embed this report card
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/woo-widget-product-slideshow" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Product Widget Slider for WooCommerce — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Product Widget Slider for WooCommerce: 200+ active installs, 2.2★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/woo-widget-product-slideshow
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