Map Engine – Google Maps and Open Street Maps for WordPress
by Anand Upadhyay · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 200+ installs across the portfolio →
An Ultimate map tool to revolutionize your map building experience.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
-23%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “gmaps”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 4.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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.
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1304 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1304 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.
32
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gmaps your tag | #13 | #11 | down 1 |
| gmap | #20 | #15 | 0 |
| google map your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| map markers your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| openstreetmap your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wp google maps your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 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
- One page off on “gmaps”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “google map”, “map markers” and “openstreetmap” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 271 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
4.5y ago
latest release · v0.0.2 · 27 Apr 2022
3
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.2 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.3
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 24 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 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 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 WooCommerce, Elementor, Google Maps.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,507 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("gmaps", "map markers", "openstreetmap", "wp google maps" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-08-14 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2023-08-09 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-08-08 90+ → 100+ up after 54 days in tier
- 2023-06-15 80+ → 90+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2023-06-10 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-06-08 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-07 70+ → 80+ up after 28 days in tier
- 2023-05-10 60+ → 70+ up after 1 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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Easy Google Maps by Supsystic – Custom Markers, Clustering & Map Themes 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ultimate Maps by Supsystic – OpenStreetMap, Leaflet & Mapbox, No API Key 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
CBX Map for Google Map & OpenStreetMap 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
MIPL Stockist/Store Locator 60+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
IS-Google Maps Lite 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Simple Markers Map – Gutenberg Map Block with Multiple Markers 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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