WooCommerce Grid / List toggle
by James Koster · eCommerce
Also makes 5 other plugins · 16.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a grid/list view toggle to product archives
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
10K+
≈15K estimated
Momentum
+16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “ecommerce”, “grid” and “list” 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.
43 health vs 71 average across 9,745 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.8%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 547K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,141 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, 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 3095 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
3.8★ over 31 reviews, smoothed to 3.99★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3095 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ecommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| grid your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| list your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| products your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| woocommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 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
- “ecommerce”, “grid” and “list” 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 2.5K · 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
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
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
8.5y ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 11 May 2018
16
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.3 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Sep 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ michaelv21.2y ago
it works
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ egocefalo5.1y ago
Just another dead plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mesmer75.3y ago
It’s simple and it works. But there is a huge Cumulative Layout Shift. This causes terrible performance in Google’s PageSpeed Insights. Also, now that WordPress has updated jQuery, this plugin is dependent on obsolete code. This topic was modified 5 years ago by mesmer7.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Andrews325.7y ago
От сайта к сайту, устанавливаю только его. работает “из коробки” без багов. Запоминает в cookie выбор посетителя (gird или list). Рекомендую!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dtsinidaho5.7y ago
it messes with the woocommerce DiviGear carousel.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marlinka6.3y ago
Hello James! Your plugun very cool!!! Please update) Thanks soo much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ masterbip9.4y ago
Awesome! Perfect! Works out of the box. Many many thanks!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ PetrP9.4y ago
not working at all in 4.8 and the7 theme
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.2.1 Hide debug info. 1.2.1
- — Version 1.2.0 Moved the settings to the Customizer (WooCommerce > Product Catalog) Removed unnecessary .less files Tweaked button styles Full compatibility with Storefront theme 1.2.0
- — Version 1.1.0 Outputs are now filterable. Kudos joshuadavidnelson. 1.1.0
- — Version 1.0.0 Revamped button styles. Updated textdomain to ‘woocommerce-grid-list-toggle’. Code tidy up. 1.0.0
- — Version 0.4.0 WooCommerce 2.1 compatibility. 0.4.0
- — Version 0.3.4 Grid list toggle now appears on custom product taxonomies. Kudos dariodev. 0.3.4
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 28 languages, 4 at 90% or more
Plus 4 more locales with partial translations.
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
5 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 "Adds a grid/list view toggle to product archives"
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 4 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 637 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ecommerce" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-07-07 20K+ → 10K+ down after 332 days in tier
- 2023-08-10 30K+ → 20K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-08-08 20K+ → 30K+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2023-07-29 30K+ → 20K+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2023-07-15 20K+ → 30K+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2023-06-22 30K+ → 20K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-06-20 20K+ → 30K+ up after 188 days in tier
- 2022-12-14 30K+ → 20K+ down after 1504 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 Catalog Mode 60K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B
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