Byteplant Phone Validator
by byteplant · Forms
Also makes 2 other plugins · 280+ installs across the portfolio →
With the Byteplant Phone Validator plugin you can easily verify if a phone number is really valid and callable (https://www.byteplant.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “contact form”, “contact form 7” and “ninja forms” for “validator”, “phone number” and “phone validation”. “contact form” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “validator” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “contact form 7” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “phone number” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ninja forms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “phone validation” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 65 average across 2,512 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 10.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,669 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms 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 1 release 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 74 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.0, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ 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
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| validator | #4 | #7 | 0 |
| account phone validator | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| re validator | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| phone number validator | #3 | #8 | 0 |
| phone your tag | #10 | #18 | 0 |
| phone number | #11 | #21 | down 1 |
| valid | #12 | #19 | up 1 |
| number validator | #5 | #12 | 0 |
| phone validation | #12 | #18 | down 2 |
| phone number protection | #11 | #23 | down 1 |
| gravity forms phone | #21 | #21 | down 2 |
| wp phone | #21 | #24 | — |
| contact form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contact form 7 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ninja forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| validation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
22 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “contact form”, “contact form 7” and “ninja forms” for “validator”, “phone number” and “phone validation”. “contact form” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “validator” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “contact form 7” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “phone number” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ninja forms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “phone validation” sits at #12 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
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 301 · 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 1 Nov 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v4.6 · 19 Aug 2026
28
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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.
Crossed into this band 14 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 12 Dec 2019
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 2 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
5 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 2 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms and 1 more.
- ! Headings and lists 4 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,155 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
- 2025-09-14 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-13 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-12 200+ → 100+ down after 199 days in tier
- 2025-02-25 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-24 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-22 100+ → 200+ up after 77 days in tier
- 2024-12-07 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-06 100+ → 200+ up
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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Void Contact Form 7 Widget For Elementor Page Builder 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Contact Form 7 – Success Page Redirects 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Masks Form Fields 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Database for Contact Form 7 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Awesome Contact Form7 for Elementor 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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