Barcode QRcode Generator

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This plugin adds the functionality to output barcodes and qrcodes by use of the shortcodes.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

Health

D 45/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews

Active installs

200+

≈250 estimated

Momentum

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “barcode”, “ean” and “generator” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

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45 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 76/100

Support 70/100

45 health vs 58 average across 25,751 Uncategorized plugins

200+

Active installs

≈250 estimated

7.4K

Total downloads

since 2014 · 2.7% still active

4.1/5

Rating

5.0 on wp.org · 2 reviews

106

Downloads · 30d

category median +4%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

2.7%

of downloads still active

At least 200 of 7.4K 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.

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.

Ratings · 2 reviews

Details

Version: 1.0.1
Last updated: 8.7y ago
Added: 2014-07-15 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP: 3.0
Tested up to: 4.9.35
Requires PHP: —

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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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

Updated 3181 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 10/100

Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 52/100

5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 3181 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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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.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

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
barcode your tag	Not in the top 24
ean your tag	Not in the top 24
generator your tag	Not in the top 24
jan your tag	Not in the top 24
maker your tag	Not in the top 24

2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 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

“barcode”, “ean” and “generator” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

0% vs prior 30d

01 Nov 2026

124-4

01 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 102 · peaks are release surges

10231 Oct 2026

120600

10231 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.

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.

51031 Oct 2026

6003000

51031 Oct 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year

from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

releases in the last 12 months

8.7y ago

latest release · v1.0.1 · 15 Feb 2018

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.1 · 15 Feb 20181.0 · 15 Jul 2014

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

200–300 ≈250

Crossed into this band 16 months ago; the previous band took 23 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 7 Sep 2015

2001 Nov 2026

5002500

2001 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ Viktor Jenerál
7.2y ago

Works also on WordPress 5.2.2. //EDIT 2020/07/23: Not working on WP 5.4.2 This topic was modified 5 years, 12 months ago by Viktor Jenerál. Reason: added info about malfunction in version 5.4.2 This topic was modified 5 years, 12 months ago by Viktor Jenerál. This topic was modified 5 years, 12 months ago by Viktor Jenerál.
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★★★★★ FunFrog
10.4y ago

I’ve just installed this plugin and it works just fine! There was no other reviews so i think it`s on me to write one. Thank you very much for that amazing plugin! P.S. there is no space between left border of generated img and first digit of ean13, this kinda needs to be fixed.
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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint

✓ Low page-speed impact

✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP

✓ No PHP errors

✓ No JS errors

✓ Activates cleanly

✓ No resource errors

✓ No external HTTP errors

✓ Optimized database use

✕ Frequently updated

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 31 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

✓ Says what it does "This plugin adds the functionality to output barcodes and qrcodes by use of the shortcodes."
! 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 ("Installation Instructions").
! 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 4 headings and 1 list.
✓ Enough to quote 1,819 characters of description.
✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "jan", "maker" do not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

2025-07-23 300+ → 200+ down after 676 days in tier
2023-09-16 400+ → 300+ down after 305 days in tier
2022-11-15 500+ → 400+ down after 7 days in tier
2022-11-08 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
2022-11-06 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
2022-11-05 400+ → 500+ up after 13 days in tier
2022-10-23 500+ → 400+ down after 14 days in tier
2022-10-09 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier

Competes with

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Barcode QRcode Generator: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/barcode-qrcode-generator

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