Plugin audit
Podamibe Simple Footer Widget Area
Podamibe Simple Footer Widget Area has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
2K+
Rating
4.9★
wp.org · 15 reviews
Downloads / 30d
305
Momentum
+56% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Against 5829 tracked Admin & Utilities plugins: health 50 vs 57 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.5★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #1 podamibe
Tags still to break into the top 24: footer creator, footer generator, footer widget.
What to fix first
- 1
Ship a compatibility release to reset the freshness signal.
No update in 91 months. wp.org search heavily penalizes stale plugins, and users look for a recent release.
- 2
Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 7.1
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind. Matching the current branch keeps its full search weight.
- 3
“footer creator”, “footer generator” and “footer widget” aren't earning a slot
You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
- 4
Readme fails 5 of 8 AI readiness checks
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.
Ranking signals
Listing score 48/100
- Update recency Holding it back
Updated 2724 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
- WP compatibility Holding it back
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
- Rating quality Strong
4.9★ over 15 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.3★ and held back under 25 reviews
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
No update in 91 months
Criticalwp.org search heavily penalizes stale plugins, and users look for a recent release.
What to do: Ship a compatibility release to reset the freshness signal.
Readme fails 5 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: names who it is for, names what it works with, headings and lists, enough to quote and tags match the text. Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
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.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 15 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.
Small download base. 305 downloads in 30 days, so a +56% move is a few installs rather than a trend.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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