Book Review Block
by Donna Peplinskie (a11n) · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 2.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
A block to add book details and a star rating to a book review.
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Health
D 51/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
900+
≈990 estimated
Momentum
+8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “book review”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
51 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.0%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 22.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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 783 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8
3.7★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 783 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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 20d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 20d
+3.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| book review your tag | #16 | #23 | 0 |
| book blog your tag | #17 | #24 | down 4 |
| book your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rating your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| review your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “book review”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “book”, “rating” and “review” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 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.
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
2.1y ago
latest release · v2.2.1 · 8 Sep 2024
21
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 49 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.
Install history since 13 Oct 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ capbussat4.0y ago
<p>Gives a nice simple book review with a simple image.<br />Also, I find it is a very useful example to learn to code blocks for WordPress. <br />I am testing in Worpress 6.1.1, as far as I know it works correctly.<br />Thanks a lot!</p> This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by capbussat.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hans5.6y ago
Werk al vier jaar met Book review This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by Hans.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Alan Petersen5.9y ago
I tried other plugins and this one is the best for creating book review posts. Makes it easy to leave a nice looking book review. The latest version has some new features that make it even better.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marcie846.0y ago
I couldn’t get this one to work. It was glitchy and most of the options I wanted were in the previous version. I thought I would see an improvement on this one but turned out to be a major disappointment.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kpossibles6.0y ago
There’s no option for custom fields or an option to show the headings of the section like Title: ABC or Author: ABC, it just shows the name. I just want the Book Review plugin to not show after the Read More section in Gutenberg, which is why I tried this one. It seriously is a major downgrade from the previous plugin by this creator with only like 10% of the original options.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous8.5y ago
I get an error: This block has encountered an error and cannot be previewed.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 10 languages, 5 at 90% or more
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
2 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 "A block to add book details and a star rating to a book review."
- ! 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 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 569 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "book blog" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-12 1K+ → 900+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-09-08 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-07 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-06 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-09-04 1K+ → 900+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-08-30 900+ → 1K+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-08-24 1K+ → 900+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-08-12 900+ → 1K+ up after 2 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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Absolute Reviews 6K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Reviews Plus 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Shinobi Reviews 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Schema Review 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D - B Book Review Library 200+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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Game Review Block 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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