Chess Podium
by Marco Belemmi · Uncategorized
Manage chess tournaments from WordPress: players, Swiss pairings, results, standings, and exports. Free plan: up to 10 players per tournament.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
+50%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “pairing”, “standings” and “swiss” for “chessboard”, “pgn” and “webapp”. “pairing” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “chessboard” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “standings” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pgn” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “swiss” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “webapp” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
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 13 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ 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.
39
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| podium | #3 | #4 | up 1 |
| chess your tag | #8 | #8 | up 4 |
| chessboard | #6 | #5 | down 1 |
| pgn | #8 | #5 | 0 |
| webapp | #10 | #9 | down 1 |
| federation | #11 | #7 | up 1 |
| round robin | #15 | #12 | down 1 |
| pairing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| standings your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| swiss your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tournament your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
25 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 18 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 “pairing”, “standings” and “swiss” for “chessboard”, “pgn” and “webapp”. “pairing” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “chessboard” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “standings” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pgn” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “swiss” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “webapp” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 19 Mar 2026 · 226 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 501 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #49,700 to #68,000, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 10 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
18
releases in the last 12 months
13d ago
latest release · v1.9.5 · 18 Oct 2026
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 20 Mar 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ massimilianoferri8mo ago
Ragazzi è arrivato il nuovo software gestionale per gestire i tornei di scacchi. Scordatevi Vesus siamo alla preistoria è ora di entrare nel futuro. Chess Podium aiuta i club a organizzare i giocatori, a fare coppie di round, a pubblicare classifiche, a condividere archivi e a vendere iscrizioni da un unico posto. Standard FIDE Abbinamento motore ed esportazione seguono le normative FIDE. Sistema olandese, formato TRF—la stessa rigore degli eventi internazionali. Risparmia tempo Crea round, inserisci i risultati e aggiorna le classifiche senza fogli di calcolo. Pubblica istantaneamente Visualizza le classifiche attuali e la cronologia dei tornei direttamente sul tuo sito. Il sito web del tuo club è il protagonista Il sito web del club è finalmente tornato sotto i riflettori—non solo una bacheca degli annunci. Tutto succede lì: gestione torneo, pubblicazione, partite dal vivo. Il sito del club di scacchi diventa autosufficiente e non necessita di server esterni. Con l’aumento del traffico, il club può guadagnare grazie agli annunci. Monetizza gli eventi Solo professionisti: registrazione online con Stripe e PayPal. I giocatori pagano la quota e vengono aggiunti automaticamente—perfetto per i club che vogliono coprire i costi. Tabelloni DGT dal vivo Solo pro: trasmette le partite in tempo reale dalle schede DGT. App Windows con un clic, nessuna configurazione. Il podio degli scacchi ha bisogno di un clic. Gratis vs Pro a prima vista Gratis €0 Perfetto per tornei sociali e piccoli club. Pro Club 79 €/anno Tavole DGT dal vivo, registrazione online con Stripe e PayPal, giocatori illimitati, esportazioni, PGN e branding. Noi a Cattolica lo abbiamo provato. Gestisce i nostri turni in maniera perfetta. Se si sbaglia a fare un turno si può tornare indietro con un clic e si riesce a fare un nuovo turno infinite volte senza perdite di tempo. Addirittura lo gestisce un bambino di 10 anni. Le classifiche si aggiornano in tempo reale e se si sbaglia ad inserire un risultato lo si può correggere senza bisogno di stravolgere i nuovi turni. E’ il supporto ideale per arbitri poco esperti che hanno bisogno di un software semplice ed efficiente al tempo stesso.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 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
7 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 "Manage chess tournaments from WordPress: players, Swiss pairings, results, standings, and exports. Free pla..."
- ✓ 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 Stripe, PayPal, REST API.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,144 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
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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