Plugin audit
Shoppable Social Media Galleries by Sauce
Shoppable Social Media Galleries by Sauce is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
2K+
Rating
3.9★
wp.org · 39 reviews
Downloads / 30d
417
Momentum
+19% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Against 1898 tracked Social plugins: health 54 vs 59 average · rating, weighted for review count, 3.9★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #15 social media influencers
- #24 shoppable Down 2
Tags still to break into the top 24: instagram, social commerce, social media.
What to fix first
- 1
Ship an update
Last release was 707 days ago. wp.org lowers a listing's search weight once it goes about 180 days without a release.
- 2
Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 7.1
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 7.1. Matching the current branch keeps its full search weight.
- 3
“instagram”, “social commerce” and “social media” 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 3 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 65/100
- Update recency Holding it back
Updated 707 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
- WP compatibility Holding it back
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Strong
3.9★ over 39 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
What we found
Update cadence is slipping
Needs workLast updated 24 months ago. Freshness is one of the strongest directory-ranking signals.
What to do: Get back on a visible release cadence, even minor releases.
Readme fails 3 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: says what it does, names who it is for and tags match the text. Short description is 14 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
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 →Small download base. 417 downloads in 30 days, so a +19% 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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