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Custom Order Status for WooCommerce
A colorful status upgrade that might leave your inbox silent.
Poor rating
55/100
The interface is easy to use but the plugin often breaks email notifications.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
3.3★
32 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-3%
Holding steady
59 → 58 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.34★
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Holding steady · -3% in the last year
59/day a year ago→58/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCustom Order Status for WooCommerce is generally praised for its easy custom-status creation, user-friendly interface and helpful support, but many users report that it breaks order email notifications and has color-display issues.
What people like
- +Works with the latest WordPress version
- +Allows unlimited custom order statuses×2
- +Creating custom statuses is easy and the interface is user-friendly×2
- +Smooth integration with WooCommerce
- +Responsive and helpful support×2
- +Free version provides core functionality such as email notifications on status change
- +Improves store workflow and efficiency
Common complaints
- −Breaks or blocks order email notifications (including new order alerts)×6
- −Custom status colors do not apply, making orders hard to differentiate visually×3
- −Pro version required for email functionality, with basic features locked behind paywall×2
- −Overall functionality reported as broken by some users
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.34★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 3.30★
- 9%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-07-142025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 32 total
Latest reviews · 32 analyzed
- 2026-02-02★★★★★Works great, pro version offering even more functionalityhatchlingweb
- 2025-07-15★★★★★Works great in 2025MatMayer
- 2024-09-24★★★★★Perfect for Custom Order Management!kyadav2788
- 2024-08-05★★★★★Excellent plugin with great supportcpatel19
- 2024-07-12★★★★★Made My Order Management So Much Easier.saumilkothari15031-shot
- 2022-08-26★★★★★Great pluginwpecom
- 2021-12-01★★★★★Change orderjakwalker
- 2021-11-17★★★★★Color don't worknatelvl
- 2021-10-27★★★★★Breaks email notificationsantoniofourmark
- 2021-09-15★★★★★Perfect tool even in free versionZappoB
Releases
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For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
54
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
58
Prior 7-day baseline
44
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
59
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-6.9%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.95
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
50%
5★ share in analyzed sample
9%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.31 → 3.34★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered