Simple Mortgage Calculator
by Mortgage Calculator · Uncategorized
Also makes 13 other plugins · 30.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Simple mortgage calculator widget and shortcode: monthly payment from home price, down payment, rate and term. Clean flat design.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “shortcode” and “loan calculator” for “amortization” and “real estate calculator”. “shortcode” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “amortization” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “loan calculator” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “real estate calculator” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,762 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 53.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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 4 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 6 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ 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
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
26%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mortgage your tag | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| mortgage calculator your tag | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| responsive mortgage calculator | #2 | #6 | — |
| home loan your tag | #6 | #10 | down 3 |
| currency calculator | #5 | #13 | up 1 |
| simple price calculator | #3 | #11 | down 1 |
| calculator | #9 | #15 | down 1 |
| mortgage calculator block | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| wordpress mortgage calculator | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| real estate calculator | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| amortization | #5 | #7 | 0 |
| tax calculator | #6 | #12 | up 1 |
| loan calculator your tag | #11 | #15 | down 3 |
| home loan calculator | #6 | #10 | down 2 |
| mortgage rate | #4 | #9 | 0 |
| price calculator | #8 | #14 | down 1 |
| shortcode calculator | #5 | #12 | up 1 |
| mortgage loan calculator | #5 | #10 | down 1 |
| interest loan calculator | #6 | #10 | 0 |
| wp calculator | #7 | #15 | up 2 |
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
75 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 40 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “shortcode” and “loan calculator” for “amortization” and “real estate calculator”. “shortcode” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “amortization” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “loan calculator” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “real estate calculator” sits at #5 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 “loan calculator”. #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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.5K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
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.
4
releases in the last 12 months
6d ago
latest release · v1.5.0 · 27 Oct 2026
12
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.4 years ago; the previous band took 16 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
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
5 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and 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 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,465 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "home loan", "loan calculator" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-06-09 2K+ → 1K+ down after 476 days in tier
- 2023-02-19 3K+ → 2K+ down after 232 days in tier
- 2022-07-02 5K+ → 3K+ down after 901 days in tier
- 2020-01-13 2K+ → 5K+ up
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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Responsive Mortgage Calculator 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags A -
Mortgage Calculators WP 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Mortgage Calculator 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Property Hive Mortgage Calculator 800+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
EMI Calculator 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
AC’s Loan Calculator 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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