KudoMetrics Google Preferred Sources Button – 40+ Custom Styles
by kudometricsllc · SEO
Also makes 2 other plugins · 10+ installs across the portfolio →
Add a Google Preferred Source button with the official design, 40+ styles, placement, floating buttons, and display controls.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
n/a
needs 60 days of downloads, 54 so far
Biggest opportunity: Swap “google”, “news” and “seo” for “preferred source”, “preferred source button” and “google preferred source”. “google” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “preferred source” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “news” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “preferred source button” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “seo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “google preferred source” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
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 →3.6%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 274 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,198 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.
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 today
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 18d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 18d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| preferred sources your tag | #15 | #24 | down 2 |
| preferred source | #15 | #23 | down 2 |
| preferred source button | #16 | #24 | 0 |
| google preferred sources | #21 | #24 | 0 |
| google preferred source | #21 | #24 | 0 |
| google your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| news your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| top stories your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 4 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
- Swap “google”, “news” and “seo” for “preferred source”, “preferred source button” and “google preferred source”. “google” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “preferred source” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “news” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “preferred source button” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “seo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “google preferred source” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “preferred sources”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 10 Sep 2026 · 54 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 118 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Sep 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
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add a Google Preferred Source button with the official design, 40+ styles, placement, floating buttons, and..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 21 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 21 of 21 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 6 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,082 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "seo", "top stories" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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