Free Google Reviews widget by OpenWidget
by OpenWidget · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 400+ installs across the portfolio →
⭐️ Embed Google reviews into your WordPress site. Improve trust, sales & SEO of your Wordpress site with Google reviews.
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Health
D 53/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈180 estimated
Momentum
+23%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “google business”, “google places” and “google places reviews” 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.
53 health vs 56 average across 5,902 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.8%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 2.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 740 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 740 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| google business your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google places your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google places reviews your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google reviews your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google reviews widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “google business”, “google places” and “google places reviews” 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 16 Jul 2024 · 840 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 147 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
2.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.0 · 24 Oct 2024
1
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 80% of the way through.
Install history since 15 Jul 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ essapod2.3y ago
This widget is very straightforward – it is easy to install and to connect with a Google Business Profile. It allows displaying the ratings, among other things, as there’s a collection of free widgets.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
7 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 "⭐️ Embed Google reviews into your WordPress site. Improve trust, sales & SEO of your Wordpress site with Go..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("essential for", "for small businesses").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 14 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,365 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "google places", "google places reviews" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-10 90+ → 100+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2025-10-26 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-10-20 70+ → 80+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 60+ → 70+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2025-08-29 50+ → 60+ up after 61 days in tier
- 2025-06-29 40+ → 50+ up after 90 days in tier
- 2025-03-31 30+ → 40+ up after 38 days in tier
- 2025-02-21 20+ → 30+ up after 20 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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Jotform – Widgets for Google Reviews 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
Widgets for Google Reviews and Ratings 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Reviews Block for Google 1K+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags D -
Widget for Google Reviews 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Get Google Reviews 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C - N Nueve Solutions – Google Places Reviews 10+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D
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