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Alpha SMS

by alphanetbd · Payments

Connect your WordPress and WooCommerce store to Alpha SMS for OTP verification and order notifications in Bangladesh.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 70 average across 466 Payments plugins

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.

89 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-61% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

112

now · peak 389

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Alpha SMS · #12817 افزونه پیامک حرفه ای · #5203 SMS Alert · #3707 WP 2-step verificati · #5341

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “200+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈250

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 219 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations

Details

Version
1.0.18
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2021-11-11 · 4 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
6.9.4
Requires PHP
5.6

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-26 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in band
  2. 2026-06-21 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in band
  3. 2026-06-14 100+ → 200+ up after 18 days in band
  4. 2026-05-27 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in band
  5. 2026-05-24 100+ → 200+ up after 31 days in band
  6. 2026-04-23 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in band
  7. 2026-04-18 100+ → 200+ up after 519 days in band
  8. 2024-11-15 90+ → 100+ up after 23 days in band

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Alpha SMS: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/alpha-sms