EC Stars Rating
by ecoal95 · Uncategorized
A lightweigt, blazing fast star rating plugin for WordPress
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
300+
≈350 estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “posts rating”, “rating” and “stars” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
49 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 19K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4016 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.3.34; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 16 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4016 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| posts rating your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rating your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stars your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “posts rating”, “rating” and “stars” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 131 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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
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
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
11.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.11 · 4 Nov 2015
11
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 52% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Jul 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ WP-er8.5y ago
Best star rating plugin if your main goal is to get star ratings on SERPS without increasing your page load time much. VERY light weight and also flexible since you can either apply it globally or use it’s short code to put ratings only on the pages you want! *Only downside at the time of this review is, the plug isn’t up to date, but the author says he will try to update it soon!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ CaroloOo10.7y ago
Perfect plugin, very fast and elegant. Después de probar 15 o 20 plugins de votos me quedo con este, funciona muy bien, es rápido, sencillo y elegante.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jjscap11.9y ago
Been using this rock solid plugin for some time and it works like a charm. Real fast and easy to configure. Google still won’t show it on SERPs though.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Euritos12.3y ago
When i click to vote the plugin do nothing
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ senorthemes12.4y ago
Basically, the title says it all. It was easy to install and configure. No problems.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ javies12.7y ago
Sencillo y eficaz, es el mejor plugin para votos. Simple and effective
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nomi0000112.9y ago
its shows up and very light but when i click on rate its do nothing
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tim W13.1y ago
This plugin does exactly what it’s supposed to do quickly and easily. I do think it could use a few more options (as peerlending_co pointed out)), but all in all it’s a great plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.11). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 4.4 EC Stars Rating <= 1.0.11 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-06-27 CVE-2025-53296 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.11 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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
1 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 692 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "posts rating" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-09 400+ → 300+ down after 345 days in tier
- 2025-05-29 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-28 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-05-25 500+ → 400+ down after 498 days in tier
- 2024-01-13 600+ → 500+ down after 320 days in tier
- 2023-02-27 700+ → 600+ down after 308 days in tier
- 2022-04-25 800+ → 700+ down after 549 days in tier
- 2020-10-23 1K+ → 800+ down
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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Rating Widget: Post Rating, 5 Star Rating, Reviews, Thumbs Up & Down, Reaction 400+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Rating by BestWebSoft 300+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C - A Author Post Ratings 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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WidgetPack Review System 70+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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