CarDealerPress
by DealerTrend · Uncategorized
In order to use CarDealerPress a subscription is required with DealerTrend. The plugin utilizes their API to pull automotive data.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈35 estimated
Momentum
+17%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “automotive”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 24.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,785 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.
This plugin shipped 9 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.
Details
- Version
- 7.1.2608.00
- Last updated
- 2mo ago
- Added
- 2015-05-28 · 11 yrs old
- Requires WP
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
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 69 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.2★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ 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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
5%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-1.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cardealerpress your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| dealertrend your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| automotive your tag | #11 | #16 | down 1 |
| cars your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| dealer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
25 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 22 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “automotive”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “cars” and “dealer” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 771 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
9
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v7.1.2608.00 · 26 Aug 2026
115
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 40+ in roughly 689 days.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ quirkdev7.7y ago
I use this software on several of our dealership sites and it’s really the best stand alone car inventory plugin currently available for WordPress. The guys at Dealer Trend (the company that makes this product) are great to work with and extremely quick with service and software patches. I’ve built custom front ends for their inventory system with some sites, had them build some and have built entire custom themes that are directly integrated with their plugin inventory database. I cannot say enough good things about this company and their product. I highly recommend both this plugin and the company behind it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hakse8.9y ago
Waste of time. You add the plugin and then you have to request a demo, before you can use the plugin. Stupid. I visited their homepage, their was no demo
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ angryhermit10.5y ago
Wonderful support, plugin does what it says and more. Cannot express how much this could help a dealer.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ idriveccsc10.7y ago
We made the decision to shift away from “off the shelf” website design and management – choosing to design and build our custom dealership website on the wordpress platform. Inventory display and marketing is the life blood of any dealer so our process began with evaluating ways to display our inventory on our new site. After testing and evaluating every possible way to do this we came back to the CarPress plugin. They have solved the puzzle for you with this plugin that no other solution out there has. If you are in the process of creating a custom website for your dealership do yourself a favor and start with this plugin – there is no other solution that matches this one for effectively managing your inventory on a wordpress built site. On top of a great plugin the customer support and response times are top notch. It has been a true partnership. http://idrivegreenville.com
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jaredtwilcox10.8y ago
I have been using the CarDealerPress (Formerly DealerTrend Inventory API) Plugin for almost 2 years now. No other WordPress plugin provides the level of functionality and customizability that the CarDealerPress plugin is capable of. It is fully responsive and has all of the features of dedicated car dealership websites. Our SEO has risen dramatically since moving to a WordPress site with the CarDealerPress plugin. We now get over twice the organic traffic that we were getting before, our Adwords ads are costing half as much (due to higher relevance and quality scores), and we get to take advantage of all of the other benefits that come along with WordPress. I would recommend the CarDealerPress plugin to any dealership looking to make the move to a custom WordPress site and finally take complete control of their web presence. You can see our sites at: http://www.ForestLakeChrysler.com and http://www.ForestLakeChevrolet.com. They are both using the CarDealerPress Plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (7.1.2608.00). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 CarDealerPress <= 6.8.2505.00 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via saleclass Parameter ↗2025-05-06 CVE-2025-3860 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 6.8.2505.00 Patched in 6.8.2505.01
- 2024-12-11 CVE-2024-54325 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 6.6.2410.02 Patched in 6.7.2411.00
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.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 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 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 661 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Cars" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-14 40+ → 30+ down after 62 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 30+ → 40+ up after 47 days in tier
- 2025-12-26 40+ → 30+ down after 299 days in tier
- 2025-03-02 50+ → 40+ down after 81 days in tier
- 2024-12-11 60+ → 50+ down after 63 days in tier
- 2024-10-09 70+ → 60+ down after 23 days in tier
- 2024-09-16 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-14 50+ → 60+ up 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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