BestWebSoft's LinkedIn
by bestweblayout · Uncategorized
Also makes 30 other plugins · 14.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add LinkedIn Share and Follow buttons to WordPress posts, pages and widgets.
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Health
C 67/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+37%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “linkedin”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
67 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 14.9K 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 509 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.2★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 509 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 21d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 21d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| likedin your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| linedin your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| linkedln your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| linkedin plugin your tag | #9 | #22 | 0 |
| linkedin your tag | #12 | #22 | down 1 |
| linkedin posts | #14 | #22 | down 1 |
| post to linkedin | #18 | #22 | down 3 |
| linkedin buttons | #22 | #23 | — |
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- One page off on “linkedin”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 306 · peaks are release surges
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.
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
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.1.5 · 9 Jun 2025
16
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Oct 2016
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.1.5). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2017-04-17 CVE-2017-18516 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 1.0.5 Patched in 1.0.5
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 5 languages, 3 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
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add LinkedIn Share and Follow buttons to WordPress posts, pages and widgets."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 9 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,865 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("likedin", "linedin", "linkedln" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-25 300+ → 200+ down after 351 days in tier
- 2025-02-08 400+ → 300+ down after 30 days in tier
- 2025-01-09 300+ → 400+ up after 100 days in tier
- 2024-10-01 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-30 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-09-27 400+ → 300+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-09-23 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-22 400+ → 300+ down after 1 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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Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag C -
OG — Better Share on Social Media 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Meks Smart Social Widget 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
Social Login, Social Sharing by miniOrange 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP LinkedIn Auto Publish 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/bws-linkedin" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="BestWebSoft's LinkedIn — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> BestWebSoft's LinkedIn: 200+ active installs, 4.2★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bws-linkedin
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