Plugin audit
Widgets for Reviews & Recommendations
Widgets for Reviews & Recommendations is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
8K+
Rating
4.6★
wp.org · 98 reviews
Downloads / 30d
6K
Momentum
-49%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 1898 tracked Social plugins: health 90 vs 59 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.5★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #1 facebook recommendations
- #1 post recommendations
- #1 recommendations
- #2 recommendation
- #4 ai recommendations
- #4 facebook reviews
- #17 reviews Up 1
- #18 facebook page Down 1
What to fix first
- 1
Swap “facebook” for “facebook reviews”
“facebook” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “facebook reviews” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- 2
Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
30-day download momentum is -49% while the Social category median is -1%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
Ranking signals
Listing score 97/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 8 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
- Rating quality Strong
4.6★ over 98 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.4★
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Downloads are cooling
Needs work30-day download momentum is -49% while the Social category median is -1%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
What to do: Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
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Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
WP Mayor
Plugin promotion & growth
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