Bold Timeline Lite

by boldthemes · Booking & Events

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Bold Timeline Lite – WordPress Timeline Plugin

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⚠ Few reviews

Health

B 78/100

Few reviews

Active installs

10K+

≈14K estimated

Momentum

+5%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “history” for “wordpress timeline”. “history” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wordpress timeline” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

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78 Health · B

Maintenance 92/100

Rating quality 69/100

Support 70/100

Security 75/100

78 health vs 69 average across 1,839 Booking & Events plugins

10K+

Active installs

≈14K estimated

222.9K

Total downloads

since 2020 · 4.5% still active

3.8/5

Rating

3.0 on wp.org · 2 reviews

+5%

1.4K

Downloads · 30d

category median +12%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

4.5%

of downloads still active

At least 10K of 222.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 942 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Booking & Events 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 2 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.

Ratings · 2 reviews

Details

Version: 1.3.0
Last updated: 5mo ago
Added: 2020-03-25 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP: 4.5
Tested up to: 7.0.8
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.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100

Updated 153 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 51/100

3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

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.

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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.

Momentum

Losing ground

-0.2

Velocity

places per keyword, 27d

11%

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 27d

+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
company timeline your tag	#3	#20	up 1
bold	#3	#21	0
wordpress timeline	#5	#22	0
event timeline your tag	#6	#24	up 1
horizontal timeline your tag	#7	#22	0
timeline your tag	#7	#23	0
wordpress timeline plugin	#6	#22	0
timeline plugin	#6	#22	0
wp timeline	#4	#23	0
timeline for wordpress	#5	#22	0
history timeline	#5	#19	0
simple timeline	#6	#23	0
company history	#7	#23	down 1
post timeline	#11	#23	down 1
history your tag	Not in the top 24

39 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 25 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 “history” for “wordpress timeline”. “history” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wordpress timeline” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+5% vs prior 30d

351 Nov 2026

4K2K0

351 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 14K · peaks are release surges

1.4K1 Nov 2026

15K7.5K0

1.4K1 Nov 2026

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

Bold Timeline Lite · #1756youHistory Timeline for · #6317Timeline Widget For · #588Cool Timeline (Horiz · #1177

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

31 Nov 2026

52.50

31 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

781 Nov 2026

907560

781 Nov 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.

1441 Nov 2026

1.5K7500

1441 Nov 2026

Release cadence

Occasionally updated

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

5mo ago

latest release · v1.3.0 · 1 Jun 2026

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3.0 · 1 Jun 20261.2.8 · 11 Dec 20251.2.7 · 10 Oct 20251.2.6 · 22 May 20251.2.4 · 9 Apr 20251.1.7 · 11 Apr 2023

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 34% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 51%

v1.3 34%

v1.1 11%

v1.0 3.9%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate

10K–20K ≈14K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history since 20 Jul 2022

10K1 Nov 2026

10K5K0

10K1 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ Occam6
4.0y ago

This is a decent plugin except for one thing. There is an ad at the top of all dashboard pages prompting you to buy the full version. This is fine and completely understandable, they deserve to make money for their work. However, the button to dismiss the notice says it snoozes the message for 7 days. I’m happy to do this once per month, but every 7 days is too intrusive. Plus, the button doesn’t actually work, so it’s impossible to remove the ad. This is EXTREMELY intrusive. Imagine how cluttered your dashboard would be if every plugin did this. I would gladly give this plugin more stars, but since it’s negatively impacting my experience they get 2 tops.
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★★★★★ esgeiger
4.6y ago

This plugin produces clean, great looking timelines. I had initially found an reported an accessibility flaw and reported on the support forum. Only a day later and the devs fixed the problem and rolled out an update! It’s great to see very responsive developers taking accessibility seriously. Changing my review to 4 stars. This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by esgeiger. This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by esgeiger. This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by esgeiger. This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by esgeiger. This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by esgeiger.
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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

All 6 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.3.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

Patched Medium · 6.4 Bold Timeline Lite <= 1.2.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes ↗

2026-09-10 CVE-2026-7438 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.8 Patched in 1.3.0
Patched Medium · 6.4 Bold Timeline Lite <= 1.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗

2025-12-27 CVE-2025-68513 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.7 Patched in 1.2.8
Patched Medium · 6.4 Bold Timeline Lite <= 1.2.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'title' Parameter in 'bold_timeline_group' Shortcode ↗

2025-12-11 CVE-2025-14032 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.7 Patched in 1.2.8
Patched Medium · 6.4 Bold Timeline Lite <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗

2024-08-16 CVE-2024-43294 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.0 Patched in 1.2.1
Patched Medium · 4.3 Bold Timeline Lite <= 1.1.9 - Missing Authorization to Admin Notice Dismissal ↗

2023-10-06 CVE-2023-45110 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.1.9 Patched in 1.2.0
Patched Medium · 6.4 Bold Timeline Lite <= 1.1.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗

2023-01-03 CVE-2022-4828 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.4 Patched in 1.1.5

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

✓ 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

1 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026

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

! Says what it does Short description is little more than the plugin name.
! 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 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
✓ Enough to quote 1,667 characters of description.
! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("company timeline", "event timeline", "Horizontal Timeline" missing).

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

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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Bold Timeline Lite: 10K+ active installs, 3.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bold-timeline-lite

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