My Downloads Shortcode for WooCommerce
by Matt Pramschufer · eCommerce
Also makes 6 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Creates a shortcode which can be displayed on any page to show users WooCommerce available downloads.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “downloads”, “shortcode” and “woocommerce” 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.
48 health vs 71 average across 9,784 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 9.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,161 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.
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 5.8.19.
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 1938 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1938 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| downloads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcode 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). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “downloads”, “shortcode” and “woocommerce” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 171 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months 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 3 Dec 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ vasea1012.8y ago
Nice plugin, can you add a Product title too ? Thx!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User 187199505.5y ago
Thanks for this very helpful plugin! And thank you Matt for your quickly response and help! Support 1a+ 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Manjunathpmf9.4y ago
The plugin is very handy and is of great help if you have many downloadable products or many downloads in a single product. The support is good too. Thank author for this fantastic plugin. This topic was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by Manjunathpmf.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ WooSociety11.3y ago
Brilliant work, exactly what we needed for our site WooSociety!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ woo-do11.4y ago
Thanks for this one! Very very helpful!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sil11.7y ago
Thanks for your plugin! Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kimber25412.8y ago
THANK YOU SO VERY VERY MUCH! This is one of the biggest things I’ve not liked about woocommerce. I installed and it work as soon as I put in the shortcodes.
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 "Creates a shortcode which can be displayed on any page to show users WooCommerce available downloads."
- ! 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 3 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 585 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ 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
- 2026-01-24 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 100+ → 200+ up after 47 days in tier
- 2025-12-07 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-11-30 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-29 100+ → 200+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2025-11-20 200+ → 100+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 100+ → 200+ 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 -
Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements 400K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C
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