Glow: maintenance & support management for agencies
by teamglow · Backup
All-in-one WordPress maintenance, support and client management platform for agencies.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈810 estimated
Momentum
-30%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “backup”, “dashboard” and “management” for “agencies”, “client management” and “support”. “backup” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “agencies” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “dashboard” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “client management” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “management” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “support” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 75 average across 562 Backup plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →8.3%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 9.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Backup plugin keeps 1.6%, across 287 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Backup 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 26 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 2 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
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: 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.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
23%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| agencies | #4 | #22 | down 2 |
| client management | #6 | #23 | 0 |
| agency your tag | #9 | #23 | up 1 |
| support | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| maintenance your tag | #23 | #23 | down 2 |
| wordpress maintenance | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| client support | #12 | #24 | down 1 |
| rollback | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| maintenance dashboard | #18 | #24 | — |
| management dashboard | #19 | #24 | 0 |
| website maintenance | #19 | #23 | down 1 |
| site maintenance | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| backup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| dashboard your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| management your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
93 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 81 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
- Swap “backup”, “dashboard” and “management” for “agencies”, “client management” and “support”. “backup” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “agencies” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “dashboard” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “client management” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “management” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “support” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 2 Mar 2026 · 248 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.9K · 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
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.
26
releases in the last 12 months
2d ago
latest release · v4.6.0 · 2 Nov 2026
26
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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 39 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 800.
At the current install trend, crossing 900+ in roughly 64 days.
Install history since 1 Mar 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for agencies"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Amazon S3.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,061 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
- 2026-09-26 700+ → 800+ up after 74 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 600+ → 700+ up after 52 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 500+ → 600+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2026-05-07 400+ → 500+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-04-28 300+ → 400+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-04-18 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 60+ → 100+ up after 7 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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Automattic For Agencies Client 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
iControlWP 900+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - L Lumturio WP Monitor 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Hostinger Tools 3M+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Maintenance 1M+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag A
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