Academy Starter Templates
by Academy LMS · Education
Also makes 3 other plugins · 830+ installs across the portfolio →
Academy Starter Templates is a one click demo Importer extension for Academy LMS.
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Health
C 67/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈370 estimated
Momentum
+45%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “addons”, “course” and “lms” 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.
67 health vs 70 average across 281 Education plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 18.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Education plugin keeps 1.1%, across 177 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Education plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2026-03-03The one review here is unhappy: the buyer says only three templates ship in the plugin, none matching the ones advertised on the site, and installing it pulls in six more required plugins like Elementor and Contact Form 7.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 342 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
1.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
61
Momentum
Gaining ground
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
75%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
+0.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| academy your tag | #8 | #24 | up 1 |
| academy lms | #14 | #24 | down 1 |
| addons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| course your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| lms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| template your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “addons”, “course” and “lms” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 992 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v2.1.0 · 24 Nov 2025
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 51% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ cgrantanderson8mo ago
I bought Academy LMS and tried to use these starter templates…there are about a dozen starter templates on their website but no way to download them. There’s just this plugin. It only provides 3 templates none of which are on their website. And…get this!…The BIG PROBLEM here is that when you try installing it to a site with Academy LMS install you will find that you’ll need 6 more plugins including Elementor, Contact Form 7, etc. that are to be installed! Elementor instead of their own product aBlocks? These starter templates are useless! I don’t want to have to buy Elementor and addons as I have no intention of using them! WHY should they be necessary for the starter sites? Why only 3 sites? WHERE ARE the 15 templates on the Academy LMS website? I’m suspecting “bait and switch” scam here! I regret buying Academy LMS and do not recommend it!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("essential for", "use this").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg, Facebook.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,975 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "addons" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 400+ → 300+ down after 174 days in tier
- 2026-01-17 500+ → 400+ down after 160 days in tier
- 2025-08-10 600+ → 500+ down after 409 days in tier
- 2024-06-27 700+ → 600+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-06-24 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-23 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-22 600+ → 700+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-06-18 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Academy Elementor Addons 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Academy Divi Modules 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content 100K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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