AC’s Loan Calculator
by karl53 · Payments
Also makes 6 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
A versatile loan calculator with a date-based amortization schedule and charts. Rebrandable. Supports 90 currencies, 7 date formats, and 15 languages.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Swap “finance” for “amortization schedule”. “finance” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “amortization schedule” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 68 average across 1,681 Payments plugins
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 13 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ 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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
23%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| loan | #3 | #13 | up 4 |
| loan calculator your tag | #4 | #12 | up 9 |
| amortization schedule | #5 | #7 | 0 |
| amortization your tag | #8 | #9 | up 2 |
| auto loan calculator | #4 | #12 | 0 |
| loan calculator wp | #7 | #15 | down 1 |
| payment calculator your tag | #22 | #21 | down 3 |
| wordpress loan calculator | #8 | #16 | down 1 |
| loan payment calculator | #9 | #17 | up 1 |
| interest loan calculator | #9 | #14 | 0 |
| responsive mortgage calculator | #10 | #15 | down 1 |
| mortgage loan calculator | #11 | #14 | up 2 |
| finance calculator | #15 | #16 | down 4 |
| mortgage calculator block | #17 | #15 | down 9 |
| date calculator | #20 | #21 | 0 |
| wordpress mortgage calculator | #24 | #21 | down 3 |
| finance your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mortgage your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
56 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 40 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 “finance” for “amortization schedule”. “finance” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “amortization schedule” sits at #5 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 706 · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
13d ago
latest release · v3.0 · 19 Oct 2026
18
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 “400+”. 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 50% of the way through.
Install history since 13 Dec 2019
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
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
4 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 "A versatile loan calculator with a date-based amortization schedule and charts. Rebrandable. Supports 90 cu..."
- ✓ 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 Mentions Block editor.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 758 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("finance", "mortgage", "payment calculator" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-28 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-24 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-23 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-22 500+ → 400+ down after 160 days in tier
- 2025-11-13 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-12 500+ → 600+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-11-04 600+ → 500+ down after 142 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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Ultimate Loan & Mortgage Calculator 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
EH Mortgage Calculator – Loan & Amortization Calculator 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
XeVN Loan Schedule Calculator — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Responsive Mortgage Calculator 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Mortgage Calculators WP 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Mortgage Calculator 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/fc-loan-calculator" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="AC’s Loan Calculator — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> AC’s Loan Calculator: 400+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/fc-loan-calculator
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