sermon.net display
by Michael · Content & Feeds
Also makes 3 other plugins · 240+ installs across the portfolio →
A plugin that brings in your sermon.net data (sermon audio, sermon video, pdf, and live stream) for display on your WordPress website.
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Health
C 59/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈70 estimated
Momentum
-18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “live stream” for “sermon”. “live stream” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sermon” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
59 health vs 64 average across 1,193 Content & Feeds plugins
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2020-03-17The one review here is happy with the Gutenberg blocks and widget for live feeds and recent media, and it calls out the display options and the built-in debugging tool.
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 551 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 551 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| live stream worship your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| worship | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| sermon feed your tag | #5 | #8 | 0 |
| sermon shortcode your tag | #7 | #12 | 0 |
| sermon | #8 | #15 | up 1 |
| live stream your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| live streaming your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 1 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 “live stream” for “sermon”. “live stream” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sermon” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 31 Oct 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 99 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,100 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ 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.
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
1.5y ago
latest release · v1.4.4 · 28 Apr 2025
17
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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 70.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ cecnaadmin6.6y ago
This plugin, adds two Gutenberg blocks, and a widget, one for the live feed and one for recent videos/audios. These generate a shortcode, and this is very helpful, lots of options on how to display the widgets. Very happy with this integration. The setting also come with a great little de0buging tool, very nice.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A plugin that brings in your sermon.net data (sermon audio, sermon video, pdf, and live stream) for display..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 408 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("live stream worship", "live streaming", "sermon feed", "sermon shortcode" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-21 70+ → 60+ down after 50 days in tier
- 2026-09-01 80+ → 70+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 70+ → 80+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2026-07-13 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 80+ → 70+ down after 209 days in tier
- 2025-12-13 90+ → 80+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-12-06 80+ → 90+ up 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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Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for sermon.net display into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/display-sermonnet" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="sermon.net display — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> sermon.net display: 60+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/display-sermonnet
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