Meetup Widgets
by Kelly Choyce-Dwan · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 3 other plugins · 860+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds widgets displaying information from a meetup.com group.
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Health
D 41/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈50 estimated
Momentum
-6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “meetup”, “meetups” and “widget” 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.
41 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 11.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,186 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3950 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.4.34; the current branch is 6.8
2.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.00★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3950 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| meetup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| meetup.com your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| meetups your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “meetup”, “meetups” and “widget” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 177 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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
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
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
10.8y ago
latest release · v2.2.1 · 7 Jan 2016
8
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 50.
Install history since 9 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ lucisweb9.9y ago
Your site says the Meetup list of events can be added with either an API key or a URL. It seems this is not true. It cannot be added with a URL. In fact, there seems to be no field for entering a URL. If it’s added in the space for the API, it only shows up in the widget as “add a valid API key.” Additionally, which of multiple API keys to use is confusing for many people, and your explanation is so abstract as not to qualify as an explanation at all. I see that only one other person has asked for help with a problem with your plugin, and it was never resolved. I hope you do at least try to offer support. Anyway, if it really were possible to use a URL rather than an API, this problem were not be occurring…. which it is… This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by lucisweb.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jasonwilldo10.8y ago
support documentation is non exisitant.. maybe for a fulltime Dev perhaps… shocking. its a bit like meetup RSVPs 75% no-shows, and a waste of organisers time and effort. add full descriptions, frickin meetup (where i was directed for the API) was no better… no info at all what the “stuff” was I was to input was…. i can see why all meetup plugins fail in WP. please improve n ill check back, and upgrade my rating…. really!!!! what were you thinking to put no decent info up?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Suzi Wilson11.6y ago
The only meetup widget I could find that even works, but it works great for what I need. Worth the time to setup and use.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds widgets displaying information from a meetup.com group."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 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 395 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "Meetups" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-20 50+ → 40+ down after 102 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 60+ → 50+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2026-06-21 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-20 60+ → 50+ down after 68 days in tier
- 2026-04-13 50+ → 60+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 60+ → 50+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2026-02-14 70+ → 60+ down after 123 days in tier
- 2025-10-14 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
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