Bible Reading Plans
by Dave Smith · Uncategorized
Provides the ability to embed text and audio Bible Reading Plans into a post or page using a shortcode.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈170 estimated
Momentum
+143%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “shortcode” for “plans”. “shortcode” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “plans” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 16.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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 8 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 24 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
12%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bible reading plans your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| audio bible reading plans your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| gospel | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| bible your tag | #2 | #5 | up 1 |
| daily bible readings your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| ab audio | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| bible post | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| bible readings | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| plans | #5 | #21 | down 1 |
| daily reading | #2 | #16 | 0 |
| reading | #6 | #18 | up 1 |
| catholic | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| orthodox | #3 | #4 | down 1 |
| scripture | #6 | #7 | up 2 |
| plan | #9 | #23 | down 1 |
| prayer | #7 | #9 | 0 |
| chronological | #12 | #20 | up 1 |
| church | #17 | #22 | up 6 |
| readings | #11 | #23 | 0 |
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
56 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 19 listed. 37 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “shortcode” for “plans”. “shortcode” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “plans” sits at #5 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 648 · 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
8
releases in the last 12 months
24d ago
latest release · v3.0.14 · 7 Oct 2026
52
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 19 Jun 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ r2tate29mo ago
I couldn’t find another Bible reading plan that fit what I thought the Lord would want our local church family to be reading for the new year. Came across this way to make my own custom daily Bible reading. The developer was super helpful, patient, and professional in helping me fix the bugs and getting it online. It’s working amazing and I love it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ USATC6.1y ago
Bible Reading Plans WordPress Plugin displays God’s Word on websites easily and works well. Developer support is great.
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Provides the ability to embed text and audio Bible Reading Plans into a post or page using a shortcode."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,980 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "daily Bible readings" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
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