Use hRecipe for creating Google Rich Snippets, for leveraging SEO results, and for attractively displaying your recipes.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈70 estimated
Momentum
+50%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “editor”, “recipe” and “recipe seo” 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.
45 health vs 65 average across 2,216 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 25.2K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,191 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 5454 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.3.2; the current branch is 6.8
4.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5454 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
38
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hrecipe your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recipe your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recipe seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recipes your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “editor”, “recipe” and “recipe seo” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 108 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,100 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
14.9y ago
latest release · v0.6.1 · 25 Nov 2011
43
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 70.
Install history since 18 Nov 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ runnerb0y12.8y ago
I’ve been using this plugin for about 3 years for a private website. I absolutely love it. It has simply worked from day one. I have evaluated many other recipe plugins, but I’ve continued to choose hRecipe. My site is heavily modded with a custom theme (Atahualpa) and all the other recipe plugins either don’t work or don’t look very good with my site’s theme. hRecipe is a really slick implementation and I only wish the author was able to find time/funding/passion to continue its development.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous13.6y ago
No bugs, no problems, no confusion. It’s straightforward, simple, and beautiful. Well done!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ YossarianC13.8y ago
Great piece of work! Keep it up
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
5 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 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 13 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,863 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "editor" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-29 70+ → 60+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 60+ → 70+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2026-09-10 70+ → 60+ down after 154 days in tier
- 2026-04-09 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 70+ → 80+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-03-23 80+ → 70+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 70+ → 80+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-02-19 80+ → 70+ down after 2 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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WP Recipe Maker 50K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
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Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Classic Editor 8M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A - C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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