Gleam: Run Competitions on Your WordPress Blog
by stuartmck · Social
An amazing solution to run competitions on your blog using combinations of social actions.
42 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3022 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
122
now · peak 209
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
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.
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-29 · 1,390 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Mohamed Taman6.9y ago
not clear
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aliomais7.8y ago
i tried to reach gleam site and its not working from many browsers
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tony Cecala10.8y ago
Makes embedding Gleam promos a snap for non-techie folks. As a lead capture tool, Gleam is a gem. Highly recommended. Great support too.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kazryll12.2y ago
In less than 2 minutes I have added a competition feature, there is no restriction on using the free version which gives me time to play around before using their paid custom version.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-02-27 300+ → 200+ down after 374 days in tier
- 2024-02-19 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-18 300+ → 400+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2024-02-11 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-02-09 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-02-07 400+ → 300+ down
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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Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Iframely – WP media embeds, cards and blocks 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags C -
Curator.io 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B - S Social Media Icons Widget 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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Nextend Social Login and Register 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Metricool – Social media and site statistics 80K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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