Plugin audit
FrontEdit
FrontEdit is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
2K+
Rating
5.0★
wp.org · 2 reviews
Downloads / 30d
1.2K
Momentum
-14%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 2505 tracked Blocks plugins: health 84 vs 70 average .
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #3 live editor
- #3 welcome to the block editor
- #4 inline editor Down 1
- #4 live editing
- #5 frontend editor Down 3
- #8 front end editing
- #14 frontend Down 1
- #18 block editor Down 1
Tags still to break into the top 24: gutenberg.
What to fix first
- 1
Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
30-day download momentum is -14% while the Blocks category median is +6%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
- 2
Ask happy users for a review
A short in-plugin prompt after a success moment is the usual way. Reviews give the listing a rating people trust at install time.
Ranking signals
Listing score 89/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 43 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
- Rating quality Neutral
2 reviews so far, too few to judge quality
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Downloads are cooling
Needs work30-day download momentum is -14% while the Blocks category median is +6%. 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.
Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 2 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
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.
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