Matador Jobs Lite
by Paul Bearne · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Connect your WordPress site with your Applicant Tracking System. Cache job data locally and display it with style inside your WordPress theme.
Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
20+
≈20 estimated
Momentum
-38%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “job board” for “applicant tracking”. “job board” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “applicant tracking” sits at #13 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 →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 13.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 16,016 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.
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 17 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
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.
61
Momentum
Gaining ground
+2.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
58%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+1.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bullhorn your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| oscp your tag | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| lite ats | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| career portal your tag | #9 | #12 | up 5 |
| applicant tracking system | #8 | #11 | up 9 |
| ats your tag | #13 | #13 | up 1 |
| applicant tracking | #13 | #15 | up 5 |
| job applicant tracking system | #6 | #7 | up 3 |
| job board your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “job board” for “applicant tracking”. “job board” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “applicant tracking” sits at #13 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 “ats”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 8 Nov 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 424 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 20.
Install history since 23 Sep 2026
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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
3 of 8 pass · checked 4 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Connect your WordPress site with your Applicant Tracking System. Cache job data locally and display it with..."
- ✓ 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 897 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("ats", "career portal", "OSCP" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-05 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
The plugins that show up in the same WordPress.org searches, most shared searches first, then plugins sharing two or more tags. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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CMAA Recruit — installs · 3.6★ · 5 shared searches -
easy.jobs – AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solution 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared searches A -
Employee, Leave and Recruitment Management System – Crew HRM 100+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared searches A -
SWOT Solutions Applicant Tracking Lite — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared searches -
PCRecruiter Extensions 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared searches -
Jobus – Job Board, Recruitment & Hiring Platform 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared searches B
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