Applause
by Web Guy · Uncategorized
Also makes 20 other plugins · 39.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add an applause/like/upvote button to your content.
77 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
93
now · peak 185
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
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 36% 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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,384 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-27 20+ → 30+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-06-20 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-17 20+ → 30+ up after 41 days in tier
- 2026-05-07 30+ → 20+ down after 367 days in tier
- 2025-05-05 40+ → 30+ down after 37 days in tier
- 2025-03-29 30+ → 40+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-03-21 40+ → 30+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-03-12 30+ → 40+ up after 1 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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WP-Polls 40K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/applause" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Applause — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Applause: 30+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/applause