ND Shortcodes

ND Shortcodes has urgent issues capping its growth.

Active installs

20K+

Rating

3.3★

13 reviews

Downloads / 30d

1.3K

Momentum

+33%

30d vs the 30d before

Against 1891 tracked Page Builders plugins: health 52 vs 72 average · rating 3.59★ vs 3.82★.

What we found

1 critical 3 to fix 1 opportunity 1 strengths

Open security vulnerability

Critical

A known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.

What to do: Patch and release an advisory before anything else.

Update cadence is slipping

Needs work

Last updated 20 months ago. Freshness is one of the strongest directory-ranking signals.

What to do: Get back on a visible release cadence, even minor releases.

Rating below category benchmark

Needs work

Your adjusted 3.59★ trails the Page Builders average of 3.82★.

What to do: Close the gap with targeted UX fixes and review recovery.

Readme fails 5 of 8 AI readiness checks

Needs work

AI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: has a faq, faq asks real questions, names who it is for, headings and lists and enough to quote. No FAQ section.

What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.

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Review volume is thin

Opportunity

Only 13 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.

✓

Strong momentum. Downloads are accelerating (+33% vs prior month). Good moment to amplify.

Downloads, last 2 years

From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.

Full report for ND Shortcodes →

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