CM Answers – Discussion Forum Plugin for WordPress Q&A
by CreativeMindsSolutions · Uncategorized
Also makes 18 other plugins · 19.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Discussion Forum Plugin for WordPress Q&A. Build engaging community forums with voting, moderation, notifications, and AI integration.
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Health
B 84/100
no flags
Active installs
300+
≈350 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “community forum” and “forum plugin” for “micropayment” and “answer”. “community forum” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “micropayment” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “forum plugin” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “answer” sits at #9 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
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 147.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
This plugin shipped 3 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
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
Well tuned across the board
Updated 18 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
3.8★ over 86 reviews, smoothed to 3.91★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
21%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| answers | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| discussion forum plugin your tag | #3 | #8 | — |
| questions and answers your tag | #4 | #10 | 0 |
| discussion forum | #4 | #7 | up 1 |
| discussion | #5 | #8 | 0 |
| micropayment | #4 | #2 | 0 |
| micropayments | #4 | #2 | up 1 |
| questions answers | #4 | #11 | 0 |
| forum plugin your tag | #12 | #20 | down 2 |
| answer | #9 | #11 | 0 |
| forum | #17 | #20 | down 2 |
| community forum your tag | #17 | #22 | — |
| cms | #12 | #10 | down 2 |
| guest posting | #15 | #18 | 0 |
| forums | #24 | #23 | down 1 |
| online voting | #9 | #9 | 0 |
| voting | #23 | #18 | up 1 |
| participation | #24 | #16 | — |
| forum notifications | #22 | #23 | up 1 |
| q&a your tag | Not checked yet | ||
68 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 19 listed. 49 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “community forum” and “forum plugin” for “micropayment” and “answer”. “community forum” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “micropayment” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “forum plugin” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “answer” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “forum plugin”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
18d ago
latest release · v3.4.3 · 13 Oct 2026
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 55% 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 “300+”. 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.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.4.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.4 CM Answers <= 3.1.9 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-02-23 CVE-2023-25992 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.1.9 Patched in 3.2.0
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 7.0
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
8 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 "Discussion Forum Plugin for WordPress Q&A. Build engaging community forums with voting, moderation, notific..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use cases", "for e-commerce").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions BuddyPress, ChatGPT, Gemini, Multisite and 5 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 23 headings and 11 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 11,016 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "q&a" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-12 400+ → 300+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2026-03-18 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-03-14 400+ → 300+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2026-02-22 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-21 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-19 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-02-14 400+ → 300+ down after 358 days in tier
- 2025-02-21 500+ → 400+ down after 189 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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Simple FAQ by LukasK — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
wpForo Forum 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
AnsPress – Question and answer 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
AinoBlocks Accordion Faq Block 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
Forumax – AI Powered Advanced Community Forum Plugin 500+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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