Widgets for Reviews & Recommendations
by Trustindex · Social
Also makes 33 other plugins · 1.1M+ installs across the portfolio →
Embed Facebook reviews fast and easily into your WordPress site. Increase SEO, trust and sales using Facebook recommendations.
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Health
A 90/100
no flags
Active installs
8K+
≈8.5K estimated
Momentum
-54%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “facebook” for “facebook reviews”. “facebook” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “facebook reviews” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
90 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 8K of 533.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social 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 6 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 6 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 98 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.4★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
46
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
37%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| recommendations your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| recommendation your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| post recommendations | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| facebook reviews | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| ai recommendations | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| facebook page your tag | #18 | #19 | down 1 |
| reviews your tag | #17 | #14 | up 1 |
| facebook your tag | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| online reviews | #12 | #11 | up 1 |
| free widgets | #12 | #12 | up 1 |
| google reviews embed | #12 | #13 | up 1 |
| website reviews | #15 | #18 | 0 |
| facebook embed | #15 | #16 | 0 |
| site reviews | #18 | #19 | up 2 |
| no reviews | #19 | #17 | up 1 |
| embed widgets | #19 | #17 | up 1 |
| all reviews | #21 | #17 | up 1 |
| seo reviews | #24 | #21 | — |
| reviews easy | #24 | #21 | down 3 |
| reviews plugin | #24 | #19 | — |
147 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 127 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “facebook” for “facebook reviews”. “facebook” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “facebook reviews” sits at #4 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 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 24.3K · 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
6
releases in the last 12 months
6d ago
latest release · v14.3 · 29 Oct 2026
20
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 “8K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 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 18 Nov 2019
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (14.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.6 Multiple Plugins by Trustindex.io <= (Various Versions)- Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Upload ↗2023-11-22 CVE-2023-48275 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 11.0.2 Patched in 11.1
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.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 31 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 7 more locales with partial translations.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Embed Facebook reviews fast and easily into your WordPress site. Increase SEO, trust and sales using Facebo..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("ideal for", "if you have").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi and 6 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,759 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Facebook Page" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-06 9K+ → 8K+ down after 45 days in tier
- 2026-02-20 8K+ → 9K+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2026-01-28 9K+ → 8K+ down after 46 days in tier
- 2025-12-13 8K+ → 9K+ up after 133 days in tier
- 2025-08-02 9K+ → 8K+ down after 159 days in tier
- 2025-02-24 8K+ → 9K+ up after 375 days in tier
- 2024-02-15 7K+ → 8K+ up after 347 days in tier
- 2023-03-05 6K+ → 7K+ up after 152 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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Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Like Box and Page by WpDevArt 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Widgets for Amazon Reviews 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
Review widget addon for Elementor 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Business Reviews – build trust with real customer feedback 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Widgets for Thumbtack Reviews 900+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Widgets for Reviews & Recommendations into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/free-facebook-reviews-and-recommendations-widgets" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Widgets for Reviews & Recommendations — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Widgets for Reviews & Recommendations: 8K+ active installs, 4.6★ (98 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-04. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/free-facebook-reviews-and-recommendations-widgets
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