ShipStation for WooCommerce

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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.

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318 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 229 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 42% of the way through.

At the current install trend, crossing 50K+ in roughly 282 days.

1. ★★★★★ felipebtu

   8mo ago

   The plugin worked beautifully for a while but after their latest update it no longer synchronises properly with woocomerce. Once orders are paid and labels created, it does not communicate with woocomerce and does not mark orders as complete on the website. I have contacted support multiple times, and I always get the same generic answer, such as reset API keys, install and uninstall the plugin, which I have done it many times and yet problem still persists.Very disappointed at the support level received and looking at canceling my shipstation account all together for 4 stores, as soon as I find an alternative solution. In the end is causing me more headaches, than providing a solution.

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2. ★★★★★ robmaric

   8mo ago

   I’m grateful to Shameem for carefully looking into an issue and giving a thorough response.

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3. ★★★★★ smiley58

   1.1y ago

   Prompt, courteous and highly effective support provided by Frank. The icing on the cake would have been the availability of more comprehensive documentation. However, at this juncture, reference was made to professional agencies and developers. This appears to be a matter of corporate policy rather than a limitation of the support team. Please continue with your excellent work.

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4. ★★★★★ webofpress

   1.6y ago

   It does what it’s supposed to and syncs orders with ShipStation. I’ve used on several websites without any issues.

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5. ★★★★★ slimfitholsters

   1.8y ago

   Total trash company. I contacted them multiple times to try to fix the issue with my orders not syncing to ship station they say they will contact me via email and have not sent one email to me. I opened a ticket to try to get this resolved and nothing is being done for the past week. This keeps happening multiple times the past 5 months and im so sick of this.

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6. ★★★★★ webifym

   2.3y ago

   How good can it be a service that relays on deceiving tactics to enroll customers and get their data and info!! I decided to give ShipStation a shot because they offer a Free Plan for small business with only a few orders a month but it was only a clickbait. After subscribing, they automatically added me to a paid plan without option to downgrade. One hour wasted subscribing, setting up account, and contacting customer support only to learn they don’t offer the free plan included on their website. This topic was modified 2 years ago by webifym.

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7. ★★★★★ Chadwickhugh

   2.9y ago

   After waiting years (yes years) for a promised live rates integration with Woocommerce, we still have nothing. Forcing you to go to unreliable third-party plugins. Finally gave up on waiting and switched over to Easyship.

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8. ★★★★★ itielcohenop

   3.7y ago

   Stay away! They onboard you and then once the trial period is over NO ONE will talk to you. The platform charged us but did not credit the account so we could not ship AND the funds were frozen. You have to chat and demand and call and go crazy just for them to talk to you. THEY DONT CARE. They act like they’re doing you a favor for even getting on the phone. It took us 4hrs just to speak with someone. STAY AWAY!!! This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by itielcohenop.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-10-14 Version 5.4.0 Fix – Request ShipStation rates as soon as the customer has entered a country and ZIP code, instead of waiting for a city, and stop logging errors while the address is still incomplete. 5.4.0
2. 2026-10-07 Version 5.3.9 Add – Filter woocommerce_shipstation_checkout_rates_is_checkout_context, which lets other checkout requests receive ShipStation rates. Fix – Return ShipStation checkout rates in WooCommerce PayPal Payments checkout reque 5.3.9
3. 2026-10-01 Version 5.3.8 Tweak – WooCommerce 11.2 Compatibility. Tweak – Include composer.json in the plugin package. Tweak – Sanitize the export and shipment notification request values with sanitize_text_field(), and bind the order IDs in the 5.3.8
4. 2026-09-22 Version 5.3.7 Fix – Stop a ShipStation status mapping that matches none of the enabled export statuses from exporting every order on stores using the older post-based order storage. Export settings with no usable order status now retu 5.3.7
5. 2026-09-16 Version 5.3.6 Tweak – Update the Jetpack Connection package to 9.1.2. 5.3.6
6. 2026-09-03 Version 5.3.5 Fix – Return a logged error when the orders export fails instead of failing silently, stop counting refunds as orders in the export page totals, and log a warning when ShipStation requests only statuses that are not enab 5.3.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 26 languages, 17 at 90% or more

Plus 2 more locales with partial translations.

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-29 30K+ → 40K+ up after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-05-27 40K+ → 30K+ down after 2 days in tier
3. 2026-05-25 30K+ → 40K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-05-24 40K+ → 30K+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2026-05-23 30K+ → 40K+ up after 327 days in tier
6. 2025-06-30 40K+ → 30K+ down after 388 days in tier
7. 2024-06-07 50K+ → 40K+ down after 2 days in tier
8. 2024-06-05 40K+ → 50K+ up after 4 days in tier

Competes with

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ShipStation for WooCommerce: 40K+ active installs, 3.3★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/woocommerce-shipstation-integration