Lumière Movies
by JCV · Uncategorized
Lumière! Movies is a WordPress plugin that retrieves data from www.imdb.com and helps you include it in your posts and in your widgets.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈31 estimated
Momentum
+32%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “actor”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 11.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,782 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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 4 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 84 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
7%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| movies | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| imdb your tag | #6 | #12 | down 1 |
| movie your tag | #6 | #10 | 0 |
| cinema your tag | #7 | #9 | up 1 |
| actor your tag | #11 | #16 | 0 |
| film your tag | #11 | #13 | 0 |
| wordpress cinema | #10 | #10 | 0 |
17 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- One page off on “actor”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “film”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- Already on top for “movies”. #1 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 623 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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.
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v4.8.1 · 11 Aug 2026
95
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 58% 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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 49 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 30.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Pablo9mo ago
Amazing time saving plugin. Highly recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tom.andersen2.0y ago
The developer is working on it too. We are using it with advanced custom fields, etc.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jemcfarlandiii2.3y ago
Listing thousands of movies on my website can be quite a task, but this plugin has been a game-changer. It not only saves me valuable time to focus on other aspects but also enhances the visual appeal of my posts. When I encountered a minor issue (which, admittedly, was my own fault), tech support responded swiftly and provided amazing assistance. I wholeheartedly recommend this plugin for any website dealing with IMDB movie entries.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 7 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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
5 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 "Lumière! Movies is a WordPress plugin that retrieves data from www.imdb.com and helps you include it in you..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 15 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 13 of 15 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 Mentions Polylang.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,435 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("actor", "cinema", "film" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-15 20+ → 30+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 30+ → 20+ down after 21 days in tier
- 2026-08-10 40+ → 30+ down after 179 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 30+ → 40+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-01-28 40+ → 30+ down after 65 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 30+ → 40+ up after 51 days in tier
- 2025-10-04 20+ → 30+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2025-09-07 30+ → 20+ down after 85 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).
- F FilmGetter 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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PJ IMDB 10+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D -
Ipanema Film Reviews — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
My Movie Database 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
GeeK! – Movie & Game Database 70+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
IMDb API 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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