Plugin audit
Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations
Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations is healthy and under-discovered, a promotion opportunity.
Active installs
30+
Rating
4.3★
wp.org · 6 reviews
Downloads / 30d
1.7K
Momentum
+46%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 1859 tracked Booking & Events plugins: health 91 vs 69 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.0★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #1 short term rental
- #1 short term rental booking Up 1
- #1 short term rentals
- #2 short Up 13
- #3 vacation rental Up 10
- #3 vacation rental booking
- #4 ical sync Up 2
- #4 reservations Up 10
Tags still to break into the top 24: booking, booking calendar.
What to fix first
- 1
Ask happy users for a review
6 reviews so far. wp.org gives the rating more weight as the count grows past 25.
- 2
Swap “booking”, “booking calendar” and “ical” for “ical sync”, “reservations” and “rental booking”
“booking” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ical sync” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “booking calendar” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “reservations” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ical” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “rental booking” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- 3
#13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Ranking signals
Listing score 91/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 3 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
- Rating quality Holding it back
4.3★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
- Support resolution Strong
17 of 18 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
What we found
Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 6 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.
Healthy but under-discovered
OpportunityThis plugin scores 91/100 on health yet sits at 30 installs. The product is good; distribution is the gap.
What to do: A WP Mayor review and placement can put it in front of the right audience.
Readme fails 1 of 8 AI readiness checks
OpportunityAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: names who it is for. One audience phrase ("for developers"); say who the plugin is for and 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 →Strong momentum. Downloads are accelerating (+46% 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.
Support threads get resolved. 94% of recent support threads are resolved.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
WP Mayor
Plugin promotion & growth
Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations is a strong product that not enough people know about.
A WP Mayor review and placement put it in front of WordPress users who are choosing plugins.
- A WP Mayor review. An independent, in-depth review in front of a high-intent audience.
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