AppStore Reviews Viewer
by gilthonwe · eCommerce
Adds a shortcode that displays reviews and ratings of an app from the iOS AppStore’s country you chose.
44 health vs 72 average across 2,077 eCommerce plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2837 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
18
now · peak 72
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
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-24 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-22 40+ → 30+ down after 146 days in band
- 2025-12-27 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-26 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-12-21 30+ → 40+ up after 37 days in band
- 2025-11-14 40+ → 30+ down after 236 days in band
- 2025-03-23 50+ → 40+ down after 75 days in band
- 2025-01-07 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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App Store Assistant 20+ installs · 4.5★ · 4 shared tags D -
WP-Appbox 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - I IdeaPress – Turn WordPress into Mobile Apps (Android, iPhone, WinPhone) 80+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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Seriously Simple Podcasting 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B - O OpenID Connect Generic Client 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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iOS images fixer 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/appstore-reviews-viewer" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="AppStore Reviews Viewer — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> AppStore Reviews Viewer: 40+ active installs, 4.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/appstore-reviews-viewer