SiteCare – Search Engine Visibility
by SiteCare · SEO
Also makes 3 other plugins · 160+ installs across the portfolio →
One forgotten setting can hide your site from Google. A red/green eye shows visibility at a glance, plus a one-click fix and instant email alerts.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈200 estimated
Momentum
+37%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “developer”, “development” and “seo” for “search engine visibility”, “green” and “search engines”. “developer” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “search engine visibility” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “development” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “green” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “seo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “search engines” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 65 average across 2,224 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 7.6K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,193 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO 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 21 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 51 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.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 21d
10%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 21d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| search engine discourage | #2 | #5 | down 1 |
| search engine visibility | #7 | #17 | down 3 |
| notifier your tag | #19 | #19 | down 3 |
| green | #20 | #20 | 0 |
| search engines | #20 | #22 | 0 |
| email notifier | #13 | #15 | 0 |
| developer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| development your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tool your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 4 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 “developer”, “development” and “seo” for “search engine visibility”, “green” and “search engines”. “developer” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “search engine visibility” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “development” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “green” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “seo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “search engines” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 746 · 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.
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.
21
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v2.9.6 · 11 Sep 2026
32
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 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
Install history since 15 Dec 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Paal Joachim Romdahl4.2y ago
I install this plugin on various web sites. It is helpful to see the red or green icon up top in the black admin bar area. For developing web sites the red icon reminds me that I need to make the site searchable for search engines. Thank you very much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pepek139.9y ago
Very useful 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ daniele_pais10.0y ago
Bang….! Straight, no frills. As simple as this plugin is….makes my daily routine check much more automated…well done to the developer! This topic was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by daniele_pais. Reason: mispelled word
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pixel Nimusha10.0y ago
I always forget to turn this feature on production. This is great 🙂 Thank you!
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
5 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 "One forgotten setting can hide your site from Google. A red/green eye shows visibility at a glance, plus a..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 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 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,975 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("developer", "notifier", "seo", "tool" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-27 200+ → 100+ down after 269 days in tier
- 2026-01-31 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-28 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-24 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-21 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-19 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-01-13 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-11 300+ → 200+ down after 3 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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LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
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All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance 500K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B
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