Bible Verse of the Day
by dailyverses · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 3.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Shows the daily inspiring Bible verse or a random Bible verse from DailyVerses.net. In English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, …
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Health
A 88/100
no flags
Active installs
3K+
≈3.9K estimated
Momentum
+12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “daily” for “days”. “daily” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #22. “days” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
88 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.0%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 75.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 72 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 4.24★ 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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
12%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| verses your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| verse your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| verse of the day | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| bible your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| bible verse | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| inspiring | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| urdu | #1 | #1 | up 1 |
| catholic | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| biblia | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| bibel | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| bijbel | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| day your tag | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| bible verses | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| daily verse | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| bible verses widget | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| random bible verses | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| versiculo | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| bengali | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| days | #4 | #8 | up 3 |
| hindi | #10 | #13 | down 1 |
66 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 38 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “daily” for “days”. “daily” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #22. “days” sits at #4 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3.1K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 70% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago and the previous band took 2.8 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 4K.
Install history since 16 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ marynagy3.1y ago
Excellent .
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rachel4.5y ago
I like that everything is wrapped with classes so I can target with CSS and modify the look of the widget to match my website. Easy to choose a translation. Great plugin for getting the word of God out there!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ melissa755ann5.7y ago
Most of the reviews on this plugin are several years old, so I’m adding my review to show that the Bible Verse of the Day plugin is still viable – and works great. After searching endlessly on google for a daily verse widget with code that actually functions, I came upon this one. It’s so easy to install from the WP plugin library. By using the ‘inspect’ tool on my browser, I was able to customize it with CSS to match my site. I love how it looks, and the verse changes each time the page is refreshed. Thank you to the plugin creator for keeping it updated as well!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Luckylab6.8y ago
I had been looking for a WordPress Plugin for some time that would allow me to add the Bible Verse of the day to the website, it was nice to work with you on the Italian translation of your plugin. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jahrat7.2y ago
Added this as a shortcode to my page and it works just great. Keep up the good work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ TheWatcher29.9y ago
This plugin works perfectly and exactly as described. It also doesn’t try to load any insecure links or data, thus maintaining an https secure web page if your site uses encrypted protocols. Other plugins I found try to load information from insecure sources and thus create a mixed-content situation, which is not good for SSL. Thanks for this!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ OviLiz10.2y ago
Would be great when clicking to the bottom verse link to point to the chosen translation and not the NIV by default.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rengland7711.9y ago
Exactly what my client wanted. A bible quote in the sidebar that updates daily by itself.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.8 Added block support Added several languages and Bible translations 2.8
- — Version 2.7 Added New King James Version (NKJV) Added French – Segond 21 (SG21) Added Finnish – Raamattu 1992 (KR92) Added Chinese (traditional) – Chinese Union Version (CUV) Added Arabic – الكتاب المقدس (AVD) Added ترجمة كتاب الحيا 2.7
- — Version 2.6 Added Elberfelder Bibel (ELB) Added Italian – with the help of Luciano Del Fico Added Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (CEI) Added Slovak Added Katolícky preklad (KAT) 2.6
- — Version 2.5 Removed use of deprecated function: create_function() 2.5
- — Version 2.4 Added Portuguese Added Almeida Revista e Corrigida (ARC) 2.4
- — Version 2.3 Added BasisBijbel (BB) Use secure https where possible. Tested with WordPress version 4.7 2.3
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 5 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Shows the daily inspiring Bible verse or a random Bible verse from DailyVerses.net. In English, Spanish, Po..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 headings and 28 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,649 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
- 2026-06-30 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1030 days in tier
- 2023-09-04 5K+ → 4K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-09-01 4K+ → 5K+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2023-08-26 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-08-25 4K+ → 5K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2023-08-17 5K+ → 4K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-08-15 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-08-14 5K+ → 4K+ down after 3 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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