CuratorCrowd Recipe Box
by American Hometown Media, Inc. · Uncategorized
An award-winning add-on for your existing recipe cards that enables your visitors to easily save, organize, and share your delicious recipes.
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Health
C 56/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
+3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “cooking” for “bookmarklet”. “cooking” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “bookmarklet” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
56 health vs 58 average across 25,762 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 4.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 745 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 745 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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bookmarklet | #13 | #10 | down 3 |
| cook your tag | #22 | #8 | down 1 |
| food cook | #11 | #7 | 0 |
| cooking your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| food your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recipe box your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recipes your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “cooking” for “bookmarklet”. “cooking” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “bookmarklet” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Under-ranked on “cook”. wp.org puts you #22; on merit you place #8. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 165 · 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
6.6y ago
latest release · v1.2.0 · 8 Apr 2020
5
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 14 months ago; the previous band took 17 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 3 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kevincc6.4y ago
A way to save recipes was the most requested feature by my readers and Recipe Box is perfect! It’s a snap to install, easy to use and I get positive feedback from readers!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ callmepmc6.5y ago
Signing up for the Recipe Box is easy and a great feature to have. After you set up your account, saving recipes is as simple as clicking on the little blue heart! Now, all your favorites can be in one place and at your fingertips. No more searching through physical recipe files.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Stacey6.6y ago
My readers love the ability to keep all their favorite recipes in one place and it’s helped me grow my email list quickly and easily. It’s created by the folks at JustaPinch.com so readers that use that site and other blogs like mine can use one single recipe box. It’s streamlined the process for my readers and I always get positive feedback about it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous7.7y ago
If you have great cooking ideas and want to share your recipes this is a wonderful tool. The sharing on social media is super easy. I’d recommend it for any food blogger or chefs and restaurants.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mitchkline827.7y ago
Love how easy this plugin was to use. Makes sharing recipes so easy. Highly recommend to all food bloggers. The social sharing function is awesome.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jhoodbiz7.7y ago
Works great, my readers love it and it’s been helping me grow my email newsletter lists!
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
7 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 "An award-winning add-on for your existing recipe cards that enables your visitors to easily save, organize,..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 13 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 13 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("built for", "use it").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,759 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
- 2025-08-29 20+ → 10+ down after 517 days in tier
- 2024-03-30 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-03-27 20+ → 30+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2024-03-14 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-03-11 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-03-07 30+ → 20+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-03-03 20+ → 30+ up after 161 days in tier
- 2023-09-24 30+ → 20+ down after 2 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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Recipe Manager 10+ installs · 3.7★ · 4 shared tags D -
WP Recipe Maker 50K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Delisho – Recipe Widgets and Blocks 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Shop Ingredients Button 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Recipes Manager – PN — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Plutus Recipe Pro — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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