Accredible Certificates & Open Badges
by accredible · Education
Also makes 1 other plugin · 140+ installs across the portfolio →
Certificates, open badges and blockchain credentials. Create, update and manage them on your Wordpress site.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈89 estimated
Momentum
-23%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “certificate” and “online course” 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.
81 health vs 70 average across 281 Education plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 20.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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 4 releases 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
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 61 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
2.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 3.91★ 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.
28
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
-1.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| accredible your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| open badges | #8 | #24 | down 2 |
| digital certificates your tag | #9 | #24 | down 1 |
| certificates your tag | #19 | #23 | down 3 |
| certificate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| online course your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “certificate” and “online course” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 370 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.6.2 · 1 Sep 2026
13
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 50% 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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 21 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 90.
Install history since 16 May 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.6.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.9 Accredible Certificates & Open Badges <= 1.4.9 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection via orderby Parameter ↗2025-04-09 CVE-2024-13909 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 1.4.9 Patched in 1.5.0
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Accredible Certificates & Open Badges <= 1.4.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings ↗2023-12-19 CVE-2023-50827 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.8 Patched in 1.4.9
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Certificates, open badges and blockchain credentials. Create, update and manage them on your Wordpress site."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 791 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "online course" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 90+ → 80+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2026-09-26 80+ → 90+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-09-13 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-09-10 80+ → 90+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-08-22 90+ → 80+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 80+ → 90+ up after 41 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-24 80+ → 90+ up after 18 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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Accredible LearnDash Add-on 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
ValidateCertify Free 900+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Sensei LMS Certificates 4K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Certificate customizer for Tutor LMS 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
Certificate Verification 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D -
Sensei LMS Post to Course Creator 900+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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