Starter Templates by Gradient Themes
by Gradient Themes · Content & Feeds
Also makes 1 other plugin · 2.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
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 …
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
2K+
≈3K estimated
Momentum
-4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “content”, “data” and “demo” 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.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 136.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 863 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds 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 131 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.0, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gradient | #3 | #20 | down 1 |
| starter templates | #13 | #18 | down 1 |
| dummy data | #11 | #22 | 0 |
| starter | #22 | #21 | down 4 |
| starter sites | #24 | #22 | down 1 |
| starter content | #18 | #21 | down 4 |
| starter site | #24 | #22 | down 2 |
| content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| data your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| demo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| import your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| settings your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “content”, “data” and “demo” 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 “gradient”. #3 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5.6K · 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
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 · 93% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 3K.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.0.6 Fixed : Memory Limit on parser 1.0.6
- — Version 1.0.5 Fixed : Text Domain Added : Error 1.0.5
- — Version 1.0.4 Fixed : undefined function ZipArchive on some hosting 1.0.4
- — Version 1.0.3 Update : Read Me 1.0.3
- — Version 1.0.2 Fixed issue with Menu import in PHP 7 1.0.2
- — Version 1.0.1 Implement ajax to import 1.0.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
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
2 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 "Setup you site with dummy data easily. Import settings, widgets and content with one click. Your dummy data..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 356 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ 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
- 2026-10-30 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-27 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-26 3K+ → 2K+ down after 359 days in tier
- 2025-11-01 4K+ → 3K+ down after 223 days in tier
- 2025-03-23 5K+ → 4K+ down after 195 days in tier
- 2024-09-09 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-08 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-07 6K+ → 5K+ down after 480 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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TutorMate 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
Catch Themes Demo Import 5K+ installs · 3.7★ · 4 shared tags B -
SKT Themes Demo Import 4K+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags - F Fable Extra 4K+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
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EnvoThemes Demo Import 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
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