Autocomplete Google places
by Kais Chrouda · Uncategorized
Add Google Places address autocomplete to your address fields and auto-fill city, state and postcode.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈110 estimated
Momentum
-3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “places”, “prediction” and “predictions” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #6 and #6 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
85 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 2.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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.
This plugin shipped 3 releases 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 62 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 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.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
7%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| places | #4 | #20 | 0 |
| nearby places | #3 | #11 | 0 |
| autocomplete google address your tag | #5 | #18 | — |
| google address autocomplete your tag | #6 | #18 | 0 |
| google places | #9 | #23 | 0 |
| autocomplete your tag | #9 | #18 | down 2 |
| address autocomplete your tag | #11 | #21 | down 2 |
| predictions | #6 | #10 | 0 |
| prediction | #6 | #9 | 0 |
| cmb2 | #11 | #13 | up 1 |
| auto fill | #19 | #20 | down 2 |
| google maps autocomplete | #8 | #20 | down 1 |
| autocomplete address | #11 | #18 | 0 |
| checkout address autocomplete | #14 | #20 | down 1 |
| woocommerce address autocomplete | #16 | #21 | down 1 |
34 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 15 listed. 19 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “places”, “prediction” and “predictions” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #6 and #6 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “address autocomplete”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 310 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v3.3.1 · 30 Aug 2026
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 46 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 100.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 306 days.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mysoun4.6y ago
Hi Thx for this plugin that offer premium service for free
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
6 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 "Add Google Places address autocomplete to your address fields and auto-fill city, state and postcode."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Google Maps.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,464 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "Autocomplete Google Address", "google address autocomplete" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-15 90+ → 100+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 70+ → 90+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 60+ → 70+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2026-07-15 50+ → 60+ up after 85 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 40+ → 50+ up after 55 days in tier
- 2026-02-25 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-22 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-18 30+ → 40+ up after 14 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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Autocomplete Location Field for Contact Form 7 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Address Autocomplete Anything – Google Address Autocomplete for Any Form 900+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Address Autocomplete 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Address Autocomplete with Google 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Autocomplete NextGenAPI Address — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Autofilll HKGov Address For WC — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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