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YITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode
It hides the cart but leaves the prices staring you in the face.
GrowingPoor rating
58/100
The plugin performs basic tasks but lacks essential features and has reported stability issues.
Active installs
~65,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 60k+
Rating
3.6★
44 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+11%
Growing
350 → 388 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.46★
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
Growing · +11% in the last year
350/day a year ago→388/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayYITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode is a mixed-reputation plugin that works reliably for some users as a simple way to convert a WooCommerce store into a catalog, but suffers from notable free-tier limitations and recurring complaints about incomplete cart/button removal on popular themes.
What people like
- +Works well for hiding prices and disabling the cart to turn a WooCommerce store into a clean product gallery×4
- +Simple and easy to set up×3
- +Reported to work across multiple hosts and themes without issues
Common complaints
- −Free version does not remove prices from products; price hiding requires a paid upgrade×2
- −Cart elements (mini cart, Add to Cart buttons) remain visible or partially functional on some themes, including common ones like Astra and default WordPress themes like Twenty Twenty-Three and Twenty Twenty-Five×2
- −At least one user reported the plugin crashed their site backend entirely, requiring server-level file deletion to recover
- −At least one user reported the plugin triggered a PHP process that crashed Linux server services, requiring a full server reinstall
- −Free version is limited to only three features overall
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.46★Verified rating — drops from 3.60★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 11%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-11-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 44 total
Latest reviews · 44 analyzed
- 2026-05-29★★★★★it's a good pluginmarwalmt291-shot
- 2025-07-11★★★★★Does not workSpencer Sundell (Resources Online)
- 2025-06-04★★★★★Made My shop a GalleryM.cartoon
- 2025-04-03★★★★★Didn't workTaisa – Raquel García Arévalo
- 2024-09-07★★★★★The right pluginGraciela Jansasoy
- 2024-02-19★★★★★Free version minimalPat
- 2024-01-12★★★★★Highly recommendedglazergallery
- 2023-11-09★★★★★No funcionaMABUGO1965
- 2022-11-17★★★★★Rápido, simple y cumple!aquant1-shot
- 2022-07-20★★★★★Facil y utilMiguel angel
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to YITH 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.
458
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
346
Prior 7-day baseline
361
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
4,418
Mean release-day peak (30d)
472
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+32.4%
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.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.73
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
61%
5★ share in analyzed sample
11%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.64 → 3.46★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered