Campus Directory – Faculty, Staff & Student Directory Plugin for WordPress
by emarket-design · Uncategorized
Also makes 9 other plugins · 3.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Create a responsive, searchable directory for faculty, staff, or students—perfect for schools, colleges, and universities using WordPress.
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Health
C 67/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈81 estimated
Momentum
+30%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “staff directory” and “searchable directory” for “faculty” and “vcard”. “staff directory” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “faculty” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “searchable directory” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #20. “vcard” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
67 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 14.5K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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: Rating quality
Updated 438 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ 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.
35
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| campus directory your tag | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| faculty directory your tag | #3 | #13 | 0 |
| student directory your tag | #5 | #22 | — |
| faculty | #6 | #13 | 0 |
| searchable directory your tag | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| staff directory your tag | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| employee directory | #21 | #24 | 0 |
| vcard | #21 | #24 | 0 |
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “staff directory” and “searchable directory” for “faculty” and “vcard”. “staff directory” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “faculty” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “searchable directory” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #20. “vcard” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 2 May 2023 · 1,279 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 306 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
1.2y ago
latest release · v1.9.3 · 19 Aug 2025
25
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 80.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 486 days.
Install history since 13 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ cweb8.8y ago
Crashed while activating. Had to delete the folder via ftp to be able to get back to the site.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ emarket-design9.6y ago
We’ve designed and developed this plugin for a higher education institution with a considerable number of faculty, staff and students. However, it can also be used in research institutes, k-12 schools with little customization. Highly recommended for organizations wanting pro grade presentation of human assets.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 4 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.9.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched High · 8.1 Multiple Plugins by emarket-design <= Multiple Versions - Unauthenticated Limited Remote Code Execution ↗2025-08-05 CVE-2025-8420 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code Affects <= 1.9.2 Patched in 1.9.3
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Campus Directory <= 1.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via noaccess_msg Parameter ↗2025-08-04 CVE-2025-8313 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.9.1 Patched in 1.9.2
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Faculty Staff and Student Directory Plugin – Campus Directory <= 1.9.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-06-03 CVE-2025-5532 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.9.0 Patched in 1.9.1
- Patched Medium · 5.5 Faculty Staff and Student Directory Plugin – Campus Directory <= 1.7.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2022-04-05 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.7.4 Patched in 1.7.5
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 6.8.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 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
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create a responsive, searchable directory for faculty, staff, or students—perfect for schools, colleges, an..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 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 YouTube.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,050 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "staff directory", "student directory" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 70+ → 80+ up after 119 days in tier
- 2026-06-15 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-14 70+ → 80+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 80+ → 70+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2026-04-29 90+ → 80+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-04-05 80+ → 90+ up after 83 days in tier
- 2026-01-12 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-01-06 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
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