Plugin audit
Spotlight Social Photo Feed
Spotlight Social Photo Feed is in good shape, with 2 changes that could lift its ranking.
Active installs
50K+
Rating
4.7★
wp.org · 171 reviews
Downloads / 30d
62K
Momentum
+277%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 1898 tracked Social plugins: health 90 vs 59 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.7★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #1 photo embed
- #1 spotlight
- #2 social feeds
- #3 instagram embed Up 1
- #3 instagram feeds
- #3 photo feed Up 1
- #4 embed instagram Up 2
- #5 instagram block Down 1
What to fix first
- 1
Swap “instagram widget” for “embed instagram”
“instagram widget” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “embed instagram” 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
One page off on “instagram widget”
#11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Ranking signals
Listing score 98/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 16 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
- Rating quality Strong
4.7★ over 171 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.6★
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Readme fails 1 of 8 AI readiness checks
OpportunityAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: tags match the text. Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("instagram block", "Instagram embed", "Instagram widget" missing).
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 →Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Strong momentum. Downloads are accelerating (+277% vs prior month).
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.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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