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Starter Templates by Gradient Themes

by Gradient Themes · Content & Feeds

Also makes 1 other plugin · 3.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Setup you site with dummy data easily. Import settings, widgets and content with one click. Your dummy data must have ZIP file of xml, dat and wie fi …

⚠ Few reviews
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80 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

80 health vs 60 average across 779 Content & Feeds plugins

3K+

Active installs

≈3.8K estimated

134.8K

Total downloads

since 2022

3.60★

Rating (adjusted)

0.0★ raw · 0 reviews

-14%

1.1K

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

Directory ranking optimization

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88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-14% vs prior 30d
45Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

1.1K

now · peak 5.6K

1K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

Starter Templates by · #4188 you Rara One Click Demo · #1301 TutorMate · #1939 Catch Themes Demo Im · #3094

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.

349per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 93%
v1.0 7.2%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.8K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,421 observations

3KInstalls · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

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Details

Version
1.2.13
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2022-01-07 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP
4.9
Tested up to
7.0.0
Requires PHP
5.6
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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.0.6 Fixed : Memory Limit on parser 1.0.6
  2. — Version 1.0.5 Fixed : Text Domain Added : Error 1.0.5
  3. — Version 1.0.4 Fixed : undefined function ZipArchive on some hosting 1.0.4
  4. — Version 1.0.3 Update : Read Me 1.0.3
  5. — Version 1.0.2 Fixed issue with Menu import in PHP 7 1.0.2
  6. — Version 1.0.1 Implement ajax to import 1.0.1

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

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Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more · development strings

Russian 100%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-11-01 4K+ → 3K+ down after 223 days in tier
  2. 2025-03-23 5K+ → 4K+ down after 195 days in tier
  3. 2024-09-09 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2024-09-08 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-09-07 6K+ → 5K+ down after 480 days in tier
  6. 2023-05-16 5K+ → 6K+ up after 3 days in tier
  7. 2023-05-13 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2023-05-12 5K+ → 6K+ up after 82 days in tier

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