Check Search Engine Visibility on Migration
by Rhys Wynne · Backup
Also makes 12 other plugins · 5.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Checks if a site it's inivisible to search engines after a migration. If so, then the plugin warns you to review this setting.
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
B 70/100
Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈77 estimated
Momentum
+15%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “migration” and “search engines” for “search engine visibility” and “check search engine”. “migration” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “search engine visibility” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “search engines” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “check search engine” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
70 health vs 75 average across 558 Backup plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 5.3K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Backup plugin keeps 1.6%, across 286 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Backup 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 327 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| search engine visibility | #15 | #24 | down 2 |
| check search engine | #22 | #24 | — |
| migration your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| robots.txt your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| search engines your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| site visibility your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “migration” and “search engines” for “search engine visibility” and “check search engine”. “migration” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “search engine visibility” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “search engines” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “check search engine” sits at #22 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 172 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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
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
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
11mo ago
latest release · v0.2.11 · 11 Dec 2025
10
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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Michaela Steidl12.1y ago
I do use checklists to tick off several steps while finished a customer site. One tick stands for “get search engines reading access” but this is overlooked quite easily. With this Plugin, once the site is moved from construction domain to final domain I’ll get a hint that I need to change reading access which is simply great.
Read on wp.org ↗
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 27 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("designed for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions bbPress, Facebook, Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 926 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("robots.txt", "seo", "site visibility" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 80+ → 70+ down after 107 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 70+ → 80+ up after 52 days in tier
- 2026-02-05 80+ → 70+ down after 94 days in tier
- 2025-11-03 90+ → 80+ down after 43 days in tier
- 2025-09-21 100+ → 90+ down after 843 days in tier
- 2023-06-01 200+ → 100+ down after 1297 days in tier
- 2019-11-12 300+ → 200+ down
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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WP Robots Txt 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Robots.txt Editor 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Better Robots.txt – AI-Ready Crawl Control & Bot Governance 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Canonical Link 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Magic robots.txt 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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