Email Gated Downloads
by Core Essentials · Privacy & Consent
Also makes 3 other plugins · 250+ installs across the portfolio →
Email gated downloads for WordPress: collect emails with a GDPR friendly download form before visitors can download your PDF or ZIP lead magnet.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈140 estimated
Momentum
+26%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “gdpr” and “pdf download” for “downloads” and “collect emails”. “gdpr” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “downloads” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “pdf download” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “collect emails” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 69 average across 915 Privacy & Consent plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.1%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 3.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Privacy & Consent plugin keeps 2.1%, across 502 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Privacy & Consent 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
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 44 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
2 of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gated content your tag | #1 | #10 | 0 |
| gated | #1 | #11 | 0 |
| magnet | #8 | #20 | 0 |
| downloads | #11 | #24 | 0 |
| lead magnet your tag | #11 | #22 | 0 |
| email capture your tag | #15 | #23 | up 1 |
| crm lead magnet | #9 | #20 | 0 |
| collect emails | #24 | #24 | — |
| download after email | #16 | #24 | down 1 |
| email before download | #16 | #24 | 0 |
| zip download | #17 | #24 | 0 |
| gdpr your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pdf download your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
35 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 24 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
- Swap “gdpr” and “pdf download” for “downloads” and “collect emails”. “gdpr” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “downloads” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “pdf download” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “collect emails” sits at #24 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 “email capture”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “lead magnet”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 30 Jan 2026 · 276 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 767 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
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
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
1mo ago
latest release · v1.1.7 · 19 Sep 2026
9
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 39% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 841 days.
Install history since 4 Feb 2026
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 9 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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Email gated downloads for WordPress: collect emails with a GDPR friendly download form before visitors can..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 13 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 13 of 13 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("great for", "use cases").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Block editor, Mailchimp, HubSpot, Zapier and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 7 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,917 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
- 2026-06-11 90+ → 100+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 80+ → 90+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 70+ → 80+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-04-29 60+ → 70+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 50+ → 60+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-04-08 40+ → 50+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-03-30 30+ → 40+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-03-23 40+ → 30+ down 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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Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Cookie Compliance for WordPress – Cookie Consent, GDPR & CCPA 800K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative 500K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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