Grade B

Products Per Page for WooCommerce

Name: Products Per Page for WooCommerce
Rating: 4.8 (80 reviews)
Author: Jeroen Sormani

⤓ Download v1.2.9 on WordPress.org ↗

by Jeroen Sormaniupdated 2025-09-26😴The Napper

Simple pagination that might occasionally trip over your theme.

HealthyGrowing

75/100

Users enjoy the simple control but some encounter theme conflicts and performance issues.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained9/18

Momentum9/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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// Set default products per page
add_filter( 'loop_shop_per_page', function( $cols ) {
    $per_page = isset( $_COOKIE['wc_products_per_page'] ) ? (int) $_COOKIE['wc_products_per_page'] : 12;
    return $per_page > 0 ? $per_page : $cols;
}, 20 );

// Render the dropdown and save choice in a cookie
add_action( 'woocommerce_before_shop_loop', function() {
    $options  = [ 12, 24, 48, -1 ];
    $current  = isset( $_COOKIE['wc_products_per_page'] ) ? (int) $_COOKIE['wc_products_per_page'] : 12;
    $labels   = array_map( fn( $n ) => $n === -1 ? __( 'All', 'woocommerce' ) : $n, $options );

    echo '<form method="get" class="products-per-page-form" style="margin-bottom:1em;">';
    echo '<label for="ppp">' . esc_html__( 'Products per page:', 'woocommerce' ) . ' </label>';
    echo '<select name="ppp" id="ppp" onchange="this.form.submit()">';
    foreach ( $options as $i => $val ) {
        printf(
            '<option value="%1$d"%2$s>%3$s</option>',
            $val,
            selected( $current, $val, false ),
            esc_html( $labels[ $i ] )
        );
    }
    echo '</select></form>';
}, 30 );

// Store the chosen value in a cookie
add_action( 'init', function() {
    if ( isset( $_GET['ppp'] ) ) {
        $val = (int) $_GET['ppp'];
        setcookie( 'wc_products_per_page', $val, time() + MONTH_IN_SECONDS, '/' );
        $_COOKIE['wc_products_per_page'] = $val;
    }
} );

Keep in mind:The snippet hardcodes the option list and dropdown position; the plugin offers configurable options, columns per page, and bottom placement via its settings screen.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

→ on track for 20k+in ~2.4 years

Rating

4.8★

80 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+13%

Growing

15 → 17 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORnot updated in 8 months

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing · +13% in the last year

15/day a year ago→17/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Products Per Page for WooCommerce is generally praised for its ease of use and compatibility with WordPress/WooCommerce, but users report occasional settings bugs, theme conflicts, and performance slowdowns.

What people like

+Easy to understand, install and set up for both admin and front-end users×3
+Works smoothly with recent WordPress and WooCommerce versions×3
+Compatible with WooCommerce 4.3 and later
+Works with the WOOF product filter when configured correctly
+Considered an essential or must-have plugin by users
+Responsive developer support that helps resolve theme issues

Common complaints

−Plugin ignores the per-page settings selected in the drop-down list
−Incompatible with the WOOF product filter in some configurations, causing page-count resets
−Fatal memory error when “show all” is selected on catalogs over 1000 products
−Theme compatibility problems (e.g., Flatsome, estore pro) requiring developer assistance×3
−Can noticeably slow down store performance

Review trustMostly organic

4.81★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-10-122025-08-082026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 80 total

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Latest reviews · 80 analyzed

2024-09-26★★★★★Great Plugin retro011-shot
2021-10-05★★★★★Not working with the latest version of wordpress misubisu
2021-09-18★★★★★Great plugin, well coded, easy to understand madmax4ever
2021-03-21★★★★★works great motmat
2021-03-09★★★★★Works as it should be!panon
2021-02-18★★★★★Works well with WP 5.6.1 and WC 5.0.0 essmeier
2020-07-16★★★★★WooCommerce 4.3 flyingkites
2019-05-07★★★★★Works great with Woof athinaok
2018-04-26★★★★★Stop working when using Woof – Product filter deniswporg
2017-11-02★★★★★Good plugin but needs some fixes antondrob

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2025-09-26v1.2.9
2025-09-10v1.2.8.2
2025-07-15v1.2.7
2025-07-15v1.2.8
2025-07-15v1.2.8.1
2022-06-06v1.2.6
2017-11-25v1.2.5
2017-11-20v1.2.4

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For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

0.0%

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.

100%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

4.47

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

94%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.81 → 4.81★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered