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RY City Select for WooCommerce

By Richer Yang

E-commerce & Shopping /

Reviewed by Omar Dabbas

Trusted WordPress expert with 20+ years of experience evaluating plugins for the WP ecosystem.

RY City Select for WooCommerce Review - In-Depth Analysis

RY City Select for WooCommerce adds a dropdown for city selection during checkout. It auto-fills the postcode based on the selected city.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.84/10

User Rating

4.9/5 (based on 9+ reviews)

Active Installations

2,000+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

RY City Select for WooCommerce enhances the checkout process by replacing the text input for cities with a dropdown select. This allows customers to choose their city from a predefined list, improving user experience and accuracy.

Once a city is selected, the corresponding postcode can be automatically populated if defined. This functionality is particularly useful for shipping calculations and address edits.

To customize the list of cities, you can add them directly in your theme's functions.php file using the provided filter. This makes it easy to manage and update the city options as needed.

Comparing to Alternatives

RY City Select for WooCommerce is a specialized plugin that offers city selection functionality for WooCommerce stores. It has several alternatives that provide similar features, catering to different regional needs.

Top alternatives

Strengths

Very easy to set up and use, as noted by users.
High accuracy and functionality with WooCommerce integration.
Supports a wide range of cities suitable for various regions.
No known security vulnerabilities, ensuring safe usage.
Highly rated with excellent user satisfaction.

Weaknesses

Limited city name accuracy for some countries, e.g., Armenia as noted by a user.
No pro version available, limiting advanced feature options.
Smaller user base compared to some alternatives, which may affect community support.
Lacks some regional customizations that specialized alternatives offer.

User Sentiment Analysis

With a near-perfect rating of 4.9 out of 5 from 9 reviews, users overwhelmingly praise the plugin's ease of use and functionality. There are no negative reviews, indicating strong satisfaction.

Positive highlights

'Works perfect' and 'very easy to setup' - Samir Rifai
'Works very well!!!' - shivchawla
'Excellent, marvellous plugin' - fcalabro
'符合台灣郵遞區號，太感動了，裝了立即可用。' (Meets Taiwan postal code requirements, very impressed) - 田小蓉
'非常棒，五顆星~' (Very good, five stars) - millenniumlin

Common complaints

Weaknesses

City names for some countries like Armenia are incorrect and need updating.
No advanced features due to absence of a pro version.
Limited regional customization options compared to some alternatives.

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Store owners using WooCommerce who need a straightforward, reliable city selection plugin with easy setup and good coverage for many regions.

Not ideal for

Users requiring highly localized or frequently updated city databases for specific countries, or those seeking advanced features available in premium plugins.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version includes full city selection functionality integrated with WooCommerce, easy setup, and reliable performance without any cost.

Final Verdict

RY City Select for WooCommerce stands out as a highly rated, easy-to-use plugin that effectively integrates city selection into WooCommerce stores. Its lack of security issues and positive user feedback make it a trustworthy choice for many store owners.

However, it lacks a pro version and has some limitations in city data accuracy for certain regions, which may prompt users with specific localization needs to consider alternatives. Overall, it offers excellent value as a free plugin for general use.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free RY City Select for WooCommerce plugin.

City

Dropdown

Select

Woocommerce

FAQ

Please use GitHub repository.
Use issuu give me the list, or use pull requests the file change.

If your country don’t have states list in woocommerce (see file /woocommerce/i18n/states.php).
You also need contribute the states list.

The sample file is cities/TW.php and states/TW.php

From the RY-WC-City-Select-cities-files
You can add almost main states and cities list in the world.
But some state or city may use different name with the official name.

To enable geonames.org data, add code into you theme functions.php.
Or use Code Snippets[https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/] to add code.

add_filter('ry_wcs_load_geonames_org', '__return_true');

Contributors and developers

“RY City Select for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Richer Yang

Free Version Docs

WPS

6.84

Average

Ratings

4.9 out of 5 | 9

Version

2.2.0

Last updated

3 months ago

Active installations

2,000+

WordPress version

7.0.4 or higher

PHP version

8.2 or higher

Languages

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RY City Select for WooCommerce Review - In-Depth Analysis

Performance Overview

What It Does

Comparing to Alternatives

User Sentiment Analysis

Who Should Use This?

Pricing & Value

Final Verdict

Other Notable Features

FAQ

Contributors and developers

Ratings

Reviews (9)

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Contributors & Developers

Interested in development?

Changelog

Security Status

Secure

No Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Known Vulnerabilities (0)

Previous Versions

WPS

6.84

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