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PiWeb Live sales notification for WooCommerce
Boost your sales with notifications for orders that do not exist.
HealthyDeclining
59/100
Users find the setup easy. Many feel misled by deceptive feature claims. The fake sales feature is controversial.
Active installs
~55,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+
Rating
4.1★
29 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-8%
Declining
53 → 49 installs/day
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 · -8% in the last year
53/day a year ago→49/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPiWeb Live sales notification for WooCommerce is generally liked for being easy to set up and functional, but it carries notable concerns around deceptive feature advertising and the ethical implications of enabling fake sales notifications.
What people like
- +Works as expected for displaying live sales notifications×4
- +Easy to configure×2
- +Free version considered useful on its own
Common complaints
- −Plugin described as deceptive: the plugin page and FAQ claim all features are free, but most are locked behind a paid pro license
- −Allows or encourages displaying fake/fabricated sales notifications, which some users find unethical
- −Activation failure reported — plugin did nothing after multiple activation attempts
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.00★Verified rating — drops from 4.10★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 14%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 29 total
Latest reviews · 29 analyzed
- 2025-09-11★★★★★Fait le joblechaudrondhygee
- 2025-05-04★★★★★greatiamcodingaround
- 2025-03-06★★★★★its okay,issymiano
- 2024-10-18★★★★★make customer interestpr4setioutomo1-shot
- 2024-10-10★★★★★Its working okay, The way it should A++Mohammed Hussain
- 2024-07-02★★★★★Its working okayAbir
- 2024-05-24★★★★★Doesn't even activatekurtisvanderpool
- 2024-01-25★★★★★Perfectgvarona
- 2023-12-06★★★★★I've been using this plugin for a while now, and I'm thoroughly impressed.naveedskhan
- 2023-06-04★★★★★greatmoliosempire1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to PiWeb Live sales notification for WooCommerce
Top WooCommerce plugins, ranked by score.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.
28
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
43
Prior 7-day baseline
91
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
764
Mean release-day peak (30d)
520
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-34.9%
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.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.56
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
76%
5★ share in analyzed sample
14%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.14 → 4.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered