Frontend User Notes
by Abu Bakar · Membership
Also makes 3 other plugins · 720+ installs across the portfolio →
Allow site members to add and save personal notes from frontend. Suited for membership and e-learning sites. Fast, secure and fully ajax loading.
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Health
A 87/100
Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈70 estimated
Momentum
+27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “membership”, “user” and “e learning” for “personal notes”, “frontend user” and “frontend”. “membership” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “personal notes” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “user” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “frontend user” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “e learning” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #21. “frontend” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
87 health vs 71 average across 298 Membership plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Membership plugin keeps 0.9%, across 164 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Membership 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 7 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 82 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ 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.
45
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| notepad your tag | #5 | #4 | 0 |
| personal notes | #6 | #19 | — |
| frontend notes | #3 | #8 | — |
| frontend user | #9 | #22 | down 1 |
| user notes | #10 | #21 | 0 |
| notes your tag | #18 | #21 | down 2 |
| frontend | #20 | #17 | up 2 |
| e learning your tag | #21 | #19 | 0 |
| secure notes | #9 | #21 | down 1 |
| private user notes | #14 | #22 | down 1 |
| user frontend | #21 | #24 | up 1 |
| membership your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
36 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 25 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 “membership”, “user” and “e learning” for “personal notes”, “frontend user” and “frontend”. “membership” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “personal notes” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “user” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “frontend user” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “e learning” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #21. “frontend” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 3 Jan 2025 · 666 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 298 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
7
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v2.2.2 · 10 Aug 2026
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 63% 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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 70.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 226 days.
Install history since 10 Jan 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ daria876mo ago
My english is very bad sorry. I try it. I like the plugin. Very slim and looks nice. The support answered fast.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ arjunarjun12mo ago
Finally I discovered an attractive and flexible plugin which is very useful for my e-learning site for taking quick notes. The plugin has the flexibility of customisation to change the text and labels for the Notes Title and subtitle from the backend settings. The plugin author appears to be very positive about user feedback and requests for support. I have asked him for a solution tip on how to have a button like shortcode placed on the page/place of your choice so that when it is clicked, the Notes window opens . This is to make the pop-up note window open from any place of your choice.Once again, thank you for such a beautiful and efficient plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ateeq Rafeeq1.4y ago
Wow that’s a great helpful plugin! I have started using it to keep the tasks of each website within that website its easy and helpful !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fahadumar1.8y ago
Nice plugin. Really helpful!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.2.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.3 Frontend User Notes <= 2.1.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Note Modification ↗2026-02-17 CVE-2025-12071 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affects <= 2.1.0 Patched in 2.1.1
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allow site members to add and save personal notes from frontend. Suited for membership and e-learning sites..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use cases", "if you run").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Beaver Builder, LearnDash, LifterLMS.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,247 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
- 2026-10-26 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-25 70+ → 60+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-10-15 60+ → 70+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 70+ → 60+ down after 67 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 60+ → 70+ up after 28 days in tier
- 2026-06-12 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-10 70+ → 50+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-08 60+ → 70+ up after 1 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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User Role Editor 700K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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