Freemius for WordPress
by Freemius · Blocks
Add Freemius checkout, pricing tables, and a Customer Portal to WordPress with the Block Editor—no custom code required.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈370 estimated
Momentum
+9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “customer portal”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
84 health vs 71 average across 2,523 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.7%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 3.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,578 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks 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 89 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ 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.
36
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| freemius | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| freemius checkout your tag | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| freemius pricing | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| customer portal your tag | #15 | #22 | down 2 |
| block editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| payment button your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pricing table your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 5 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
- One page off on “customer portal”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “block editor”, “payment button” and “pricing table” 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.
- Already on top for “freemius”. #1 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 18 Jun 2025 · 500 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 321 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add Freemius checkout, pricing tables, and a Customer Portal to WordPress with the Block Editor—no custom c..."
- ✓ 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 Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,083 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "payment-button" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/freemius" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Freemius for WordPress — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Freemius for WordPress: 300+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/freemius
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