Background Music Manager
by yamaker · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Manage background music playback on your website.
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Health
C 56/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “music manager” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
56 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →17%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 663 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 663 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| homepage music your tag | #2 | #13 | down 1 |
| continuous background music your tag | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| background music your tag | #4 | #19 | 0 |
| music manager | #6 | #22 | 0 |
| music your tag | #15 | #23 | down 1 |
| music manage | #7 | #22 | 0 |
| add music | #16 | #23 | 0 |
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days.
What to do about it
- Add “music manager” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- One page off on “music”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 9 Jan 2025 · 663 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 513 · peaks are release surges
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
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.8y ago
latest release · v1.0 · 8 Jan 2025
1
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months 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 8 Jan 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anton1.1y ago
thx for plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Manage background music playback on your website."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 866 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "continuous background music", "homepage music" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-05 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-03 1K+ → 900+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-29 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-28 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 900+ → 1K+ up after 62 days in tier
- 2026-02-24 800+ → 900+ up after 69 days in tier
- 2025-12-17 700+ → 800+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2025-11-18 600+ → 700+ up after 29 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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Background Music Menu 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Background Music for Elementor 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Max Music 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Cue by AudioTheme.com 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag C -
Audio Album 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
mb.miniAudioPlayer – an HTML5 audio player for your mp3 files 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D
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