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Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce
It sorts your shop well until special characters enter the chat.
HealthyDeclining
74/100
The plugin adds helpful sorting options but struggles with special characters and variable products.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.6★
31 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-54%
Declining fast
39 → 18 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 54% 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 · -54% in the last year
39/day a year ago→18/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayExtra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce is praised for its ease of use, solid functionality and helpful support, but users report sorting limitations and compatibility issues.
What people like
- +Easy to install and works out-of-the-box without custom PHP×3
- +Functions perfectly and reliably sorts products as intended×4
- +Responsive, live support that helps users quickly×2
- +Clear documentation and free to use
- +Sale-product sorting works for simple products
Common complaints
- −Sale sorting is limited to simple products and does not include variations
- −Incompatible with WordPress 5.8; variable products and search may not work
- −Alphabetical sorting mishandles special characters such as Å, Ä, Ö
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.57★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 3%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-01-162025-04-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 31 total
Latest reviews · 31 analyzed
- 2025-12-24★★★★★Works as it saysGregW
- 2025-11-04★★★★★Works like a charm!OutBoxed
- 2024-06-20★★★★★The best plugin everMartín
- 2024-04-01★★★★★Plugin indispensableantoniorios88
- 2023-12-20★★★★★Does not work with the Blocksy Themekit-coda
- 2023-05-19★★★★★“Sale” sorting ONLY works for simple productsvahanavagyan1
- 2021-12-17★★★★★It worksDipto Nath
- 2021-10-13★★★★★Outstanding!!Orlof's
- 2021-09-07★★★★★some issues w version 5.8twies
- 2021-08-31★★★★★What I was looking for…Advansys
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce
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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.
19
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
18
Prior 7-day baseline
15
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
16
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+5.6%
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
2.24
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
81%
5★ share in analyzed sample
3%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.58 → 4.57★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered