MakeStories (for Google Web Stories)

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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19 of the last 23 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review, and 16 of those landed between 2020-09-27 and 2020-10-16.

Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.

1. ★★★★★ danishjk

   3.1y ago

   make stories wordpress plugin is not working properly from the last 2 months, I have tried many times to access the dashboard but the plugin always show error. Make Stories team is requested to resolve this issue from back end as soon as possible Thanking you

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2. ★★★★★ kcalpesh

   3.9y ago

   Everything is alright with this plugin and it works beautifully barring some suggestions I made in my previous review. There’s a new issue I’m facing right now and it’s about the LCP. On Google Search Console, all my webstories are marked as “Needs Improvement” and since the time this notificaiton shot up, my web stories traffic has gone down from 40k-50k to almost 0. I’ve checked the other aspects like google webstories guidelines etc and I don’t think I have any policy violations. There are no AMP errors. This LCP being high (3.2s) is the only point that seems to be a hindrance. Unfortunately I am unable to find any solution unless the developers have something to suggest. Hi, is there no support available for this plugin anymore? Thanks. This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by kcalpesh. Reason: Faced Issue After a Good Run This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by kcalpesh.

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3. ★★★★★ Sandeep Jinagal

   4.6y ago

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4. ★★★★★ sb12759

   5.0y ago

   Great support from Pratik!

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5. ★★★★★ evergreendigital

   5.4y ago

   If you’re not up on how popular stories are, you’re sleeping! My team and more importantly clients love what we’ve been able to do for them. I’ve even ran into a couple road blocks along the way, and the MakeStories team has always been quick to help me out. And the results speak for themselves. Thanks MakeStories! Looking forward to the future!

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6. ★★★★★ t0m4u

   5.4y ago

   Google’s own Web Stories plugin cannot match this storytelling tool. Google may not care as long as people craft Google web stories any which way they can. Makestories is utterly enjoyable to work with, it just needs a bit more documentation. However, wonder where my story actually sits and what happens to my content.

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7. ★★★★★ Sena

   5.5y ago

   This plugin make the server down, when you try to publish a story. I debug it, and discover, a script that try to import all images from external server, and if there is a lot large images, this issue will happen

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8. ★★★★★ suryansht

   5.5y ago

   I started using this plug-in 1.5 months ago after giving up on the official web stories plug-in due to the plethora of bugs it has. This software is so good, that it surprises me that its still in beta and is free. My team hit 100 web stories made on this tool last week. It covered everything we needed from design tooling, to analytics, to ads, to scale of traffic hitting 1M pageviews on makestories hosted content. On top of this the integration with wordpress is almost flawless, and the founders are very responsive to any query at any hour of the day. Overall 10/10. Keep it Up.

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4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 6.4 MakeStories (for Google Web Stories) <= 3.0.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-57984 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Affects <= 3.0.4 No patch available
2. Medium · 4.3 MakeStories (for Google Web Stories) <= 3.0.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Download and Server-Side Request Forgery ↗
   2024-07-11 CVE-2024-38746 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.0.3 Patched in 3.0.4
3. Medium · 4.3 MakeStories (for Google Web Stories) <= 3.0.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via 'ms_set_options' ↗
   2023-08-28 CVE-2023-27448 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 3.0.2 Patched in 3.0.3
4. Medium · 6.1 MakeStories (for Web Stories) <= 2.6.4 - Cross-Ste Scripting ↗
   2022-07-06 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.6.4 Patched in 2.6.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-05-06 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-05-05 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-05-04 700+ → 600+ down after 82 days in tier
4. 2026-02-11 800+ → 700+ down after 63 days in tier
5. 2025-12-10 900+ → 800+ down after 53 days in tier
6. 2025-10-18 1K+ → 900+ down after 394 days in tier
7. 2024-09-19 2K+ → 1K+ down after 153 days in tier
8. 2024-04-19 3K+ → 2K+ down after 93 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).

• Web Stories 60K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C
• Web Stories Enhancer – Level Up Your Web Stories 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C
• ZMOOZ Web Stories 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• Pixel & tracking codes for Google Web stories (formerly AMP Stories) 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• AMP 400K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag C
• Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A

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