MB Relationships
by Anh Tran · Uncategorized
Also makes 17 other plugins · 93.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
A lightweight solution for creating relationships between posts, terms, users and custom table models in WordPress.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+59%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “p2p”, “relations” and “dealership” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6, #15 and #18 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
85 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 62K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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 24 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| relationships your tag | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| posts relationships | #1 | #5 | — |
| post relationships | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| relationship | #2 | #9 | 0 |
| bands | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| band | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| p2p | #6 | #5 | 0 |
| connections your tag | #17 | #21 | down 2 |
| relations | #15 | #20 | 0 |
| dealership | #18 | #19 | down 2 |
| car dealership | #23 | #19 | down 1 |
| posts to posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
20 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 9 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
- Add “p2p”, “relations” and “dealership” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6, #15 and #18 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.8K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
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
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
24d ago
latest release · v1.14.0 · 7 Oct 2026
45
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5.3 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 13 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ belanga3.8y ago
The plugin itself seems powerful. However I wouldn’t know because it’s very difficult to use unless you’re a developer. Be aware that there is no UI with this plugin, it adds a capability to your site but you have to handle code to use it. The documentation is written for developers. Even if you’re willing to learn, the doc provides little examples; mostly short snippets that you must know where and how to use. To top it all, the support team answers novice questions mainly by redirecting to the documentation, and make it clear that they’re not willing to help you below a certain developing skill level. So unless 1) you’re a developer, 2) you are willing to hire one to use this plugin, or 3) you use a page builder that integrates with Metabox and MB Relationships specifically (Oxygen for example), I suggest you pass. Nothing wrong with making plugins for developers only, it’s a design and business decision by Metabox. But the plugin presentation makes it seem fairly beginner-friendly. It is not, you should be aware of it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ belanga3.8y ago
The plugin itself seems powerful. However I wouldn’t know because it’s very difficult to use unless you’re a developer. Be aware that there is no UI with this plugin, it adds a capability to your site but you have to handle code to use it. The documentation is written for developers. Even if you’re willing to learn, the doc provides little examples; mostly short snippets that you must know where and how to use. To top it all, the support team answers novice questions mainly by redirecting to the documentation, and make it clear that they’re not willing to help you below a certain developing skill level. So unless 1) you’re a developer, 2) you are willing to hire one to use this plugin, or 3) you use a page builder that integrates with Metabox and MB Relationships specifically (Oxygen for example), I suggest you pass. Nothing wrong with making plugins for developers only, it’s a design and business decision by Metabox. But the plugin presentation makes it seem fairly beginner-friendly. It is not, you should be aware of it. This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by belanga.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cardofearing6.3y ago
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Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bsmolyanov6.6y ago
The from> to> relationship abilities of this plugin are unique as it writes them in the database. Bravo to the developers!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ samtronic7.0y ago
Please read my support topic when you have available time. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Per Egil Roksvaag8.0y ago
Sadly, there is no support for this plugin. I posted a bug report here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-order-in-the-metabox-lost-or-reversed/ and here: https://github.com/wpmetabox/mb-relationships/issues/13 more than two weeks ago, but nobody bothers to reply… Edit 1: +2 stars for replying to the bug report. Edit 2: +2 stars for fixing the bug and now working really well. This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Jan Dembowski. This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Per Egil Roksvaag. This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by Per Egil Roksvaag.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 2 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.
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for events"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,650 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2021-07-23 800+ → 1K+ up
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).
- P Posts 2 Posts 9K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
- P Post Relation Widget — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
- B BuddyPress Follow 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
- P Posts 2 Posts – WPML integration 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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Posts 2 Posts Relationships 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
Connections to Directorist Migrator 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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