Alpha SMS
by alphanetbd · Payments
Connect your WordPress and WooCommerce store to Alpha SMS for OTP verification and order notifications in Bangladesh.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈230 estimated
Momentum
+71%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “order notification” and “otp verification” for “bangladesh” and “sms”. “order notification” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “bangladesh” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “otp verification” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “sms” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 68 average across 1,680 Payments plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.1%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 6.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Payments plugin keeps 1.0%, across 1,042 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Payments 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 7 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 104 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ 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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| alpha | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| bangladesh sms | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| sms bangladesh | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| bangladesh sms gateway | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| sms gateway your tag | #9 | #17 | 0 |
| bangladesh | #8 | #11 | 0 |
| two step verification your tag | #13 | #24 | 0 |
| bulk sms gateway | #5 | #16 | 0 |
| sms | #16 | #22 | 0 |
| woocommerce sms integration your tag | #17 | #23 | down 2 |
| otp verification your tag | #24 | #23 | — |
| sms verification | #10 | #21 | 0 |
| sms gateway plugin | #10 | #18 | down 1 |
| sms otp | #10 | #20 | up 1 |
| sms otp authentication | #10 | #20 | down 1 |
| sms plugins | #12 | #21 | 0 |
| sms on order | #12 | #22 | up 1 |
| sms plugin | #12 | #22 | up 1 |
| bangladesh gateway | #10 | #11 | 0 |
| order sms | #13 | #22 | down 1 |
| order notification your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
43 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “order notification” and “otp verification” for “bangladesh” and “sms”. “order notification” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “bangladesh” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “otp verification” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “sms” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “two step verification”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 389 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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 21 Oct 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
7
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.0.19 · 19 Jul 2026
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “200+”. 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 35% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 154 days.
Install history since 16 Aug 2022
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Connect your WordPress and WooCommerce store to Alpha SMS for OTP verification and order notifications in B..."
- ✓ 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 One audience phrase ("for ecommerce"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,326 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "two step verification", "woocommerce sms integration" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-26 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-06-21 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-06-14 100+ → 200+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-24 100+ → 200+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2026-04-23 200+ → 100+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 100+ → 200+ up after 519 days in tier
- 2024-11-15 90+ → 100+ up after 23 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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SMS Alert – SMS Notifications & OTP Login, COD Verification, Abandoned Cart Recovery 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce – OTP Verification, Block Fake Signups 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B - W WP 2-step verification 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C
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BulkGate SMS Plugin for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
New Order Notification for WooCommerce 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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