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Omnibus — show the lowest price

By iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)

E-commerce & Shopping /

Omnibus — show the lowest price Review - In-Depth Analysis

This plugin ensures compliance with the EU Omnibus Directive by managing price displays. It saves current prices and adds fields for the lowest price and effective date.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.91/10

User Rating

4.1/5 (based on 51+ reviews)

Active Installations

10,000+

Update Frequency

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

This plugin allows your site to be compliant with the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2019/2161 of November 27, 2019, known as the Omnibus Directive.

This plugin saves the current price and keeps it. It adds two additional fields in the product or course edit view: the lowest price and the effective date. It also displays information on the item, such as products or courses.

Omnibus plugin supports several plugins, including WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, LearnPress, and Tutor LMS with WooCommerce.

There are several ways you can get involved to help make Omnibus — show the lowest price better. You can report bugs, suggest new features, or issue pull requests if you are a developer.

Comparing to Alternatives

Omnibus is a plugin designed to display the lowest price of a product over the last 30 days. Compared to other pricing plugins, it focuses specifically on historical lowest price display.

Top alternatives

Omnibus — show the lowest price

Strengths

Simple and straightforward functionality.
Easy to install and use.
Works well with Full Site Editing (FSE).

Weaknesses

Does not accurately reflect price changes during promotions.
Limited to showing lowest price in the last 30 days only.
No advanced customization options.
No pro version or additional features.

User Sentiment Analysis

User feedback reveals a mix of satisfaction with basic functionality and frustration with inaccuracies in price display.

Positive highlights

"dziala bardzo dobrze :]" - aniapiwo
"działa" - mussonet
"Works with FSE..))" - Vania
"swietna wtyczka!" - aniapiwo
"Great ♥" - Vania

Common complaints

Always shows the lowest price even during current sales, causing confusion.
Plugin does not update correctly with PHP 8.2.
Price display logic is flawed when no previous promotions existed.
Lack of updates and fixes for reported issues.

Weaknesses

Inaccurate price history display.
Compatibility issues with newer PHP versions.
No support for dynamic or customized pricing displays.
No premium support or advanced features.

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Users who want a simple plugin to show the lowest price of a product over the past month without needing complex features.

Not ideal for

Store owners who require accurate historical pricing during promotions or need advanced pricing display options.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version provides basic functionality to display the lowest price in the last 30 days without additional customization or support.

Final Verdict

Omnibus offers a straightforward solution for displaying the lowest price over the last 30 days, which works well for users with simple needs.

However, its inaccuracies during promotions and lack of updates limit its usefulness for stores requiring precise pricing history and dynamic display features.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Omnibus — show the lowest price plugin.

E-commerce

Omnibus

Price

Screenshots

FAQ

You can use the omnibus_price_message shortcode:

Just edit your product and insert it into the content:

[omnibus_price_message]

If you need the Omnibus message outside of a product, you have to add the id param with the product ID.

[omnibus_price_message id="example-id"]

Use the iworks_omnibus_wc_lowest_price_message action with the product ID or on a single product page.

For a single product:

do_action( 'iworks_omnibus_wc_lowest_price_message' );

For any WooCommerce product:

do_action( 'iworks_omnibus_wc_lowest_price_message', $product_ID );

When you want to skip saving a price during the insert or update product, you can use iworks_omnibus_add_price_log_skip filter to avoid price logging.

<?php add_filter( 'iworks_omnibus_add_price_log_skip', '__return_false' ); ?>

You should use iworks_omnibus_wc_get_lowest_price filter to get array.

On single product page, without product ID:

<?php $lowest_price_log = apply_filters( 'iworks_omnibus_wc_get_lowest_price', array() ); ?>

Anywhere with the product ID:

<?php $lowest_price_log = apply_filters( 'iworks_omnibus_wc_get_lowest_price', array(), $product_ID ); ?>

Please set the “strip_tags” parameter to “yes”:

[omnibus_price_message strip_tags="yes"]

Please add template param with needed format:

[omnibus_price_message template="This is price: {price}!"]

To remove all data saved by this plugin, you should use the SQL command.

Warning: This operation can be undone.

Please be sure you have the database backup before you try to use the command below:

delete from {$wpdb->postmeta} where meta_key in (     '_iwo_price_lowest_is_short',     '_iwo_last_price_drop_timestamp',     '_iwo_price_last_change',     '_iwo_price_lowest' );