Amazon Product in a Post Plugin
by flowdee · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 930+ installs across the portfolio →
Add formatted Amazon Products to any page or post using the Amazon Product Advertising API.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
800+
≈860 estimated
Momentum
+12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “amazon”, “amazon affiliate” and “amazon associate” 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.
49 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 224.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
65/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Reviews souring. Recent reviews read meaningfully worse than older ones, an early sign of decline.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2023-12-06Older reviewers loved how easy it was to drop Amazon products into posts, but the recent ones report fatal PHP errors, credentials that won't validate, and a plugin that's gone years without an update.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2079 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 54 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2079 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 11d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 11d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| amazon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| amazon affiliate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| amazon associate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| amazon product your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 4 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
- “amazon”, “amazon affiliate” and “amazon associate” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 289 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
5.7y ago
latest release · v5.2.2 · 22 Feb 2021
47
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% 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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 59% of the way through.
Install history since 26 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Peter Meinl2.9y ago
Only did a short test. It seems to work fine with WP 6.4.1
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ agsays3.4y ago
Tried everything with this plugin only to have it return a fatal error crashing the whole wordpress installation.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ squeebo3.8y ago
No plugin updates in 2 years. I have known good API credentials on the settings page, and when I click the button to test them I get a wordpress error. There is an entry in the log file: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: count(): Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array, string given in /home/mysite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/amazon-product-in-a-post-plugin/inc/class-request-v5.php:270
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ miheui4.7y ago
First, the documentation is very bad. Second, the plugin gives an error every time I try to add a product. Does not work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mrwpdev5.6y ago
Since using this plugin Amazon is terminating your Affiliate account as well as the Operating Agreement that governs it (link below). Why? We reviewed your account as part of our ongoing monitoring of the Amazon Affiliate Programme. During our review, we determined that you are not in compliance with the Operating Agreement, found here: https://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/help/operating/agreement. The violations include the following: The sources of your traffic are obscured in such a way that we cannot reasonably determine on what Site(s) your Special Links are displayed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ OldSchoolGuy5.7y ago
Works as expected
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jrcollins5.7y ago
Easy to use and highly customizable.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ anonymous6.0y ago
many many thanks . great free plugin. for me i dont need aawp,AmaLinks Pro this is enough .
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (5.2.2). 1 of 2 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 4.4 Amazon Product in a Post <= 5.2.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-05-07 CVE-2025-47615 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 5.2.2 No patch available
- 2015-05-08 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects < 3.5.3 Patched in 3.5.3
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.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 5 languages, 0 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 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add formatted Amazon Products to any page or post using the Amazon Product Advertising API."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,848 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-06 900+ → 800+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-05-30 800+ → 900+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 900+ → 800+ down after 112 days in tier
- 2026-02-04 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-03 900+ → 1K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-31 1K+ → 900+ down after 739 days in tier
- 2024-01-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 445 days in tier
- 2022-11-04 3K+ → 2K+ down after 335 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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Add & Replace Affiliate Links for Amazon 500+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags D -
Spreadr Woocommerce Plugin – Amazon Importer for Dropshipping and Affiliate 400+ installs · 3.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
Affiliate Product Ads for Amazon 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
HT Slider Range for Amazon affiliates 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Super – Amazon Associate Affiliate Plugin 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
Amazon Affiliate Buttons – Better Buttons 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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