ArtistPress
by Tim Scheman · Media
ArtistPress provides a easy to use solution for bands, solo musicians and professional artists to convert WordPress into a robust tool to manage a pro …
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “bands” for “musicians”. “bands” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “musicians” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 62 average across 3,280 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 6.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,317 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media 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 1 release 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 76 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
2.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.06★ 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 14d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 14d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| musicians | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| bands your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| playlists your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shows your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| venues your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “bands” for “musicians”. “bands” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “musicians” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 170 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.5.4 · 16 Aug 2026
18
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.4 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Aug 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ upsylon6.9y ago
Great Idea ! but totally Esotheric installation for newbies in wordpress ! :-/
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 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
5 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 "ArtistPress provides a easy to use solution for bands, solo musicians and professional artists to convert W..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Q. I have a question about ArtistPress").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for artists"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Google Maps, Facebook, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,346 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-05-21 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2024-05-16 30+ → 20+ down after 60 days in tier
- 2024-03-17 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-16 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-15 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-03-12 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-11 20+ → 30+ up after 44 days in tier
- 2024-01-27 30+ → 20+ down after 88 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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Smart Slider 3 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
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Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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