Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com
by cbads · Uncategorized
This plugin creates a banner in post and in widget areas to display Vacation Rentals ads on your site. The average commission is $200 per book.
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Health
C 59/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
50+
≈58 estimated
Momentum
+3%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “ad”, “ads” and “affiliate” 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.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 32.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,786 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 736 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 7.1
3.7★ over 14 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 736 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ad your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| affiliate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| earn your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| monetize your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “ad”, “ads” and “affiliate” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 541 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,300, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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
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
2.0y ago
latest release · v2.0 · 28 Oct 2024
1
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 60.
Install history since 7 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Vacation Rentals Affiliate programm2.0y ago
Great commission This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Vacation Rentals Affiliate programm.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ qn88004.6y ago
They use their own affiliate ID This scammers.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jchines5.5y ago
I don’t know why the owner/builder of the plugin won’t update the plugin, even if it has no changes, so WordPress will give it a better rating instead of warnings. This is an excellent plugin for Clickbank users!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ egoruk7.5y ago
Now it displays “This site can’t be reached”
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous10.1y ago
This product needs more options, it needs to allow ne to connect properly to my clickbank account.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ geo2arc10.6y ago
This plugin offers a simple way to display clickbank ads that are relevant to the post title. Tested and works great. It would be nice to have options for leaderboard and horizontal carousel in the widget (widget only has options for vertical banner/carousel while before/after post content placement has options for both)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rena126210.6y ago
Nice little Plugin, quick and easy setup. Links open to a new tap WITH the right ID. Looks like its going to work for me just perfect. Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ feb16911.4y ago
Excellent plugin! Thanks for your work.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2015-05-06 CVE-2015-20106 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.20 Patched in 1.35
- Patched High · 8.8 ClickBank Affiliate Ads < 1.31 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2015-05-06 CVE-2015-20105 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 1.31 Patched in 1.31
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.
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin creates a banner in post and in widget areas to display Vacation Rentals ads on your site. The..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,849 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "earn", "monetize" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-13 60+ → 50+ down after 323 days in tier
- 2025-09-24 70+ → 60+ down after 65 days in tier
- 2025-07-21 80+ → 70+ down after 99 days in tier
- 2025-04-13 90+ → 80+ down after 74 days in tier
- 2025-01-29 100+ → 90+ down after 210 days in tier
- 2024-07-03 200+ → 100+ down after 67 days in tier
- 2024-04-27 300+ → 200+ down after 232 days in tier
- 2023-09-08 400+ → 300+ down after 397 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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- R Really Simple Ad Injection 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense 90K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
AdRotate Banner Manager 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/clickbank-ads-clickbank-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Affiliate Ads for cbAds.com: 50+ active installs, 3.7★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/clickbank-ads-clickbank-widget
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