Crystal Ball Insights
by crystalballinsight · Analytics
The Crystal Ball plugin helps you monitor & log all changes and activities on your WordPress site. It will send log data to the Crystal Ball Insig …
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Health
C 56/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “google analytics annotations” for “ball”. “google analytics annotations” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ball” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
56 health vs 67 average across 1,832 Analytics plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 1.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Analytics plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,011 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Analytics 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 754 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 754 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| crystal ball your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| crystal ball insights your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| google data studio annotations your tag | #4 | #3 | — |
| ball | #9 | #8 | 0 |
| google ads annotations your tag | #21 | #16 | 0 |
| google analytics annotations your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “google analytics annotations” for “ball”. “google analytics annotations” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ball” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 8 Jan 2023 · 1,394 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 157 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 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 1 Nov 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.
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.5 years 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 7 Jan 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ muhammad1212123.8y ago
Easy to use and perfect for monitoring changes in GA
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ epicboybd113.8y ago
This tool is really showing me how its working.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kritchy3.8y ago
A great tool allowing me to easily track changes I made on my wordpress web site. In addition, when moving my site from universal Google analytics to GA4 – I can now better manage my annotations (which are not longer available as part of GA4) Highly recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ana Karadzinska3.8y ago
Very good plugin, really useful to see the impact of some recent modifications on our site
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hovuongquocthai3.8y ago
It has proven to be an exceptional tool for monitoring and evaluating the changes and performance of my website traffic, providing me with valuable insights and helping me make informed decisions.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 3waytech3.8y ago
Awesome Work
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 3waytech3.8y ago
Nicely done by Crystal Ball. Great integration, tbh.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ James Gordo3.8y ago
Excellent plugin to track changes and performance in my traffic.
Read on wp.org ↗
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 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The Crystal Ball plugin helps you monitor & log all changes and activities on your WordPress site. It will..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Google Analytics, bbPress.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,071 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Crystal Ball Insights", "Google Ads Annotations", "Google Analytics Annotations", "Google Data Studio Annotations" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-04-24 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-04-20 10+ → 20+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2024-04-04 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-03-31 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-30 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-03-27 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-26 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-25 10+ → 20+ up 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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