MetalpriceAPI
by metalpriceapi · Uncategorized
Display live and historical gold, silver, platinum and palladium prices in 150+ currencies via shortcode.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈560 estimated
Momentum
-16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “gold” for “silver price”. “gold” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “silver price” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.1%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 24.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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 2 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 68 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
12%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| foreign exchange | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| metals api your tag | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| spot price your tag | #3 | #19 | 0 |
| precious metals your tag | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| silver your tag | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| forex | #3 | #7 | down 1 |
| metals | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| gold spot price | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| silver spot price | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| gold rate | #7 | #17 | up 1 |
| gold your tag | #14 | #23 | up 2 |
| silver price | #8 | #13 | 0 |
| gold price | #9 | #17 | 0 |
| historical | #14 | #22 | down 1 |
| live gold | #9 | #20 | up 1 |
| gold price widget | #9 | #17 | down 1 |
| gold api | #11 | #21 | 0 |
| exchange rates | #20 | #22 | down 1 |
| exchange rate | #21 | #21 | down 1 |
35 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 19 listed. 16 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “gold” for “silver price”. “gold” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #14. “silver price” sits at #8 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 “gold”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.1.8 · 24 Aug 2026
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 57% of the way through.
Install history since 6 May 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ robertsibeert9931.8y ago
Used to display live gold and silver prices for my customers
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sheikhans3.9y ago
metalpriceapi is not supporting in pakistan
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bowanjireh4.6y ago
I have a eCommerce website to buy gold & silver bullion online. I needed to get live prices for precious metals to display on my storefront for my clients and this plugin gets the job done
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.1.8). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 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
1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display live and historical gold, silver, platinum and palladium prices in 150+ currencies via shortcode."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 861 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("metals api", "precious metals", "spot price" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-27 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-25 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-24 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 500+ → 600+ up after 36 days in tier
- 2026-04-17 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-14 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-13 500+ → 600+ up after 2 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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