YITH Pre-Order for WooCommerce

by YITHEMES · eCommerce

Also makes 30 other plugins · 893K+ installs across the portfolio →

Let your customers buy products before they are released and generate cash flow in advance to cover costs.

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Health

B 81/100

no flags

Active installs

6K+

≈6.5K estimated

Momentum

+37%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Add “pre order for woocommerce” and “cover” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5 and #18 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.

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How scoring works →

81 Health · B

Maintenance 100/100

Rating quality 60/100

Support 70/100

Security 94/100

81 health vs 71 average across 9,789 eCommerce plugins

6K+

Active installs

≈6.5K estimated

424.7K

Total downloads

since 2016 · 1.4% still active

3.1/5

Rating

3.4 weighted for review count · 16 reviews

+37%

4.6K

Downloads · 30d

category median +2%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.4%

of downloads still active

At least 6K of 424.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,169 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 9 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.

Ratings · 16 reviews

Details

Version: 3.20.0
Last updated: 29d ago
Added: 2016-11-28 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP: 6.9
Tested up to: 7.1.4
Requires PHP: 8.0

Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100

Updated 29 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 66/100

3.1★ over 16 reviews, weighted for review count to 3.9★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 92/100

4 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Support resolution 0/100

0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months

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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.

Momentum

Losing ground

-0.3

Velocity

places per keyword, 27d

20%

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 27d

+0.3

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
pre order your tag	#2	#10	up 1
pre	#4	#16	0
pre order for woocommerce	#5	#20	down 2
preorder your tag	#9	#17	down 2
pre order products	#4	#19	0
cover flow	#5	#17	down 2
woocommerce advance report	#7	#20	up 1
yith your tag	#19	#22	0
cover	#18	#24	down 1
woocommerce pre order	#8	#19	up 3
preorder plugin	#11	#17	up 1
woocommerce advance payment	#21	#22	0
woocommerce your tag	Not in the top 24

49 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 37 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

Add “pre order for woocommerce” and “cover” to your wp.org tags. You rank #5 and #18 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+37% vs prior 30d

592 Nov 2026

2.5K1.3K0

592 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 7.4K · peaks are release surges

4.5K2 Nov 2026

8K4K0

4.5K2 Nov 2026

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

YITH Pre-Order for W · #2908youPre-Orders for WooCo · #2571PreOrders for WooCom · #18772Pre-Orders for WooCo · #23911

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.12 Nov 2026

52.50

3.12 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

812 Nov 2026

907560

812 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.

7522 Nov 2026

1.2K6000

7522 Nov 2026

Release cadence

Actively maintained

from wp.org release tags

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

releases in the last 12 months

29d ago

latest release · v3.20.0 · 5 Oct 2026

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.20.0 · 5 Oct 20263.19.0 · 20 Aug 20263.18.0 · 30 Jul 20263.17.0 · 22 Jun 20263.16.0 · 18 May 20263.15.0 · 31 Mar 20263.14.0 · 2 Mar 20263.13.0 · 22 Jan 20263.12.0 · 2 Dec 20253.11.1 · 29 Oct 20253.11.0 · 23 Oct 2025

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

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.

v3.17 42%

v3.16 8.9%

v3.15 6.1%

Older / other versions 43%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

6K–7K ≈6.5K

Crossed into this band 17 months ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 15 Jun 2017

6K2 Nov 2026

10K5K0

6K2 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ eragonsoftware
1.3y ago

Excellent little plugin, does exactly what it needs, you can set availability date per variation, and show that to your customers. Thumbs up !
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★★★★★ metroobra
1.3y ago

The plugin is functional and free There is always room for improvement This topic was modified 1 month, 3 weeks ago by metroobra.
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★★★★★ homeinart
1.6y ago

I’ve been using the free version of YITH Pre-Order for 6 months, and it’s been incredibly effective for optimizing my site’s performance. ✅ User-friendly setup—works perfectly even for beginners✅ Great compatibility with WooCommerce
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ Goudie
2.6y ago

Often causes problems with the site, for very very basic features. This topic was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by Goudie.
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★★★★★ Raptorial
2.6y ago

Does what it should do in the front-end, but since it doesn’t use the correct product fields, plugins that are used to map Google Merchant can’t map to the pre-order status or the availability date field.
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★★★★★ gleenk
3.1y ago

Unfortunately, the free version is not working at all on latest Woo and WP Version
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ javad1150551
4.1y ago

The plugin is functional and good
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ ccolotti
5.2y ago

For me, it’s just about setting the expectation on a product that is coming available. While it seems to simply change the button from add to cart to “Pre-Order” that alone is enough for a user to not expect it to ship right away. The only thing that would be great is if at least a couple of the small premium features were moved into the free one, but I get it.
Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

All 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.20.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

Patched High · 7.1 YITH plugins by YITHEMES <= (Various Versions) - Missing Authorization ↗

2022-11-11 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.5.0 Patched in 2.6.0
Patched Medium · 4.3 YITH plugins by YITHEMES <= (Various Versions) - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗

2022-11-11 CVE-2022-44630 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 2.5.0 Patched in 2.6.0
Patched Medium · 4.3 YIT Plugin Framework <= 3.3.8 - Authenticated Settings Change ↗

2019-10-31 CVE-2019-16251 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.1.9 Patched in 1.2.1

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 12 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Italian 100%

Kurdish (Sorani) 100%

Spanish (Chile) 100%

Spanish (Spain) 100%

Russian 88%

Ukrainian 75%

Swedish 66%

Dutch 65%

Japanese 27%

German 10%

German (Formal) 5%

Slovak 4%

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.

This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

✓ Says what it does "Let your customers buy products before they are released and generate cash flow in advance to cover costs."
✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 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 3 headings and 2 lists.
✓ Enough to quote 2,994 characters of description.
✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "pre order", "preorder" do not.

Growth timeline

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

2025-06-07 7K+ → 6K+ down after 537 days in tier
2023-12-18 8K+ → 7K+ down after 351 days in tier
2023-01-01 9K+ → 8K+ down after 172 days in tier
2022-07-13 10K+ → 9K+ down after 450 days in tier
2021-04-19 1K+ → 10K+ up

Competes with

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