CrowdHandler virtual waiting room
by crowdhandlerqueue · eCommerce
During periods of heavy traffic, our queue management solution helps safeguard your website from crashing and protects your sales.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
-37%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “ecommerce” and “traffic management” for “room” and “virtual”. “ecommerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “room” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “traffic management” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “virtual” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 71 average across 9,752 eCommerce plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 74.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median eCommerce plugin keeps 1.4%, across 5,146 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other eCommerce 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 52 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.4★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ 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.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
21%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| waiting room your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| crowdhandler your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| virtual queue | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| room | #4 | #20 | 0 |
| virtual account | #3 | #13 | 0 |
| queue management your tag | #11 | #20 | down 2 |
| virtual | #13 | #21 | down 1 |
| room management | #5 | #20 | 0 |
| virtual site | #8 | #20 | 0 |
| ecommerce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| traffic management your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
16 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 7 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 “ecommerce” and “traffic management” for “room” and “virtual”. “ecommerce” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “room” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “traffic management” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “virtual” sits at #13 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 “queue management”. #11 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 64.4K · 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 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.
1
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.1.15 · 9 Sep 2026
13
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.5 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ martinmath1.0y ago
Couldn’t be happier with the plugin and level of support provided. Worked brilliantly protecting our sites from traffic surges during product launches and made what is normally an extremely stressful time both controllable and scalable saving our site from crashing and providing an excellent user experience for customers. Our hands were held thoroughly through the whole setup process with support on hand when needed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ baldoshow221.3y ago
This waiting room is one of the most affordable options on the market. It works well, is easy to integrate even with Cloudflare (thanks to the tutorials available on their website), and is quite intuitive. What really makes me give it 5 stars, though, is the support. The team is incredibly helpful, open to feedback, and always ready to assist in the best possible way. There’s definitely room for improvement — some features could be added to further enhance the service — but this is already a solid foundation for what could become an outstanding product.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ elmovimiento1.6y ago
Es muy inestable, usarios alegan que no pueden entrar.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ crowdhandlerqueue2.4y ago
What do you like best about CrowdHandler? We use WordPress so was very easy to implement. The room was easy to configure as we were keeping things simple. What do you dislike about CrowdHandler? Cant find any negatives , all smooth sailing so far ! And as we say in Scouting , no kinks in our knots! I would say though to remember to switch your room on ! What problems is CrowdHandler solving and how is that benefiting you? We are a medium sized Scouting Group – we rely soley on our website for incoming membership , events payment and more. We recently decided to sell event tickets online for our fundraisers. This proved a little too popular and our hosting , whilst its normally great – was stretched. I setup CrowdHandler and thankfully i could keep everyone happy including our Customers and Management !Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kevin.riemens2.5y ago
This plugin requires a Credit Card on signup, which most European’s don’t even own, and those that do hardly use. In contact with support they offer no alternative payment method. So I can’t even sign up.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
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
4 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 "During periods of heavy traffic, our queue management solution helps safeguard your website from crashing a..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 726 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ecommerce", "traffic management" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-05-01 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-04-29 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2023-04-25 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-24 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-23 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-04-20 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-04-18 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-17 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
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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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