FlowRead – Smart Reading Experience for Websites
by sydurrahman · Login & Users
Adds a reading progress bar and estimated article read time to improve engagement and reading experience.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
30+
≈30 estimated
Momentum
+75%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “article read time” for “wpms”. “article read time” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wpms” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.5%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 549 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Login & Users plugin keeps 0.7%, across 1,477 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Login & Users plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 189 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
45
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 10d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 10d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| reading time estimate your tag | #9 | #16 | 0 |
| reading experience your tag | #17 | #24 | down 1 |
| wpms | #14 | #16 | up 1 |
| estimated reading | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| article read time your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| reading progress bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user engagement your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 2 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
- Swap “article read time” for “wpms”. “article read time” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wpms” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Apr 2026 · 210 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 110 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 30.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds a reading progress bar and estimated article read time to improve engagement and reading experience."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "built for").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 12 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,505 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
- 2026-10-21 10+ → 30+ up
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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Perfecty Push Notifications 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
Reactify – Post Reactions, Emoji Reactions & Engagement Analytics for WordPress 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Scroll to Top – Smooth Scroll Up, Back to Top & Reading Progress Bar 60+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Tab Return Notifier 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Article Read Time 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
WebSuite Push Notifier 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/flowread" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="FlowRead – Smart Reading Experience for Websites — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> FlowRead – Smart Reading Experience for Websites: 30+ active installs, no reviews yet. Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/flowread
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