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API Press – External API data, Connect API, Import API

by Quicksnail Plugins · Content & Feeds

Also makes 3 other plugins · 640+ installs across the portfolio →

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Connect APIs to WordPress. Send data to API, display external API data with shortcode, or import API data and create posts.

⚠ Few reviews
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83 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

83 health vs 60 average across 778 Content & Feeds plugins

40+

Active installs

≈47 estimated

1.9K

Total downloads

since 2025

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+13%

130

Downloads · 30d

category median +21%

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
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 2025-09-02 · 363 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+13% vs prior 30d
4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

130

now · peak 420

13030d downloads · Aug 26

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

API Press · #22480 you WPGet API · #1798 WP REST API Controll · #2419 Health Endpoint · #4213

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.

3.3Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

15

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v2.0.2

15

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0.2 · 2mo ago2.0.1 · 2mo ago2.0.0 · 2mo ago1.2.4 · 3mo ago1.2.3 · 8mo ago1.2.2 · 11mo ago1.2.1 · 11mo ago1.2.0 · 11mo ago1.1.5 · 12mo ago1.1.4 · 12mo ago1.1.3 · 12mo ago1.1.2 · 12mo ago1.1.1 · 12mo ago1.1.0 · 12mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 61% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.0 61%
v1.2 39%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈47

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

At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 120 days.

Install history · since 2025-09-02 · 320 observations

40Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
2.0.2
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2025-09-02
Requires WP
5.9
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.0
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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 6 languages, 0 at 90% or more

English (Australia) 37%
Norwegian (Bokmål) 37%
Spanish (Spain) 37%
Spanish (Chile) 36%
Russian 18%
German 10%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-17 30+ → 40+ up after 19 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-28 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-27 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-26 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-25 30+ → 20+ down after 66 days in tier
  6. 2026-04-20 20+ → 30+ up after 6 days in tier
  7. 2026-04-14 30+ → 20+ down after 14 days in tier
  8. 2026-03-31 20+ → 30+ up after 46 days in tier

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