70
ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode
A simple way to turn your shop into a showroom.
HealthyDeclining
70/100
Users appreciate the free core features despite some technical bugs and limited multilingual support.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.7★
17 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-29%
Declining fast
84 → 59 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 29% vs a year ago
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
Declining fast · -29% in the last year
84/day a year ago→59/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode is praised for being reliable, easy to use, and well supported, but some users report incompatibility with multilingual sites and a persistent HTML placeholder bug after version 1.1.0.
What people like
- +Works reliably and does what it promises×5
- +Simple and easy to configure, including selective catalog mode per product×2
- +Free version is functional and useful×3
- +Responsive and helpful support from the developers×3
- +Compatible with various themes and configurations×2
Common complaints
- −Does not work with multilingual websites
- −HTML placeholder text disappears after updates (since 1.1.0)
- −Support requests sometimes require admin access, which users find unacceptable
- −Lack of timely updates raises security concerns
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.64★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 18%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 17 total
Latest reviews · 17 analyzed
- 2025-10-18★★★★★Amazing how simple it makes it!!anotherwebdev1-shot
- 2023-07-24★★★★★INCREDIBLY GOODideahost
- 2023-07-14★★★★★A number for catalog mode.ssserkan
- 2023-02-27★★★★★Easy to use – TOP :)pipetko
- 2022-02-17★★★★★Great plugin! Praise the author!ADP
- 2021-12-03★★★★★Works perfectlychaazaam
- 2021-09-13★★★★★Good tool !Pat
- 2021-09-03★★★★★Awsome!crebain1-shot
- 2021-03-22★★★★★It works as intendedcibermanzana
- 2021-01-25★★★★★Amazing support received from Dixitemerdepot1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to ELEX WooCommerce Catalog Mode
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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.
62
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
55
Prior 7-day baseline
43
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
58
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+12.7%
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.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.32
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
5★ share in analyzed sample
18%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.71 → 4.64★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered