Mortgage Rates
by Mortgage Calculator · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 13 other plugins · 30.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Show current US mortgage rates on your site: weekly 30-year fixed, 15-year fixed and 5/1 ARM averages. Block, widget and shortcode.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈400 estimated
Momentum
+56%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “widget” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
83 health vs 56 average across 5,902 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 18.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,192 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.
This plugin shipped 6 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 6 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
9%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mortgage rate your tag | #1 | #11 | 0 |
| mortgage rates your tag | #1 | #12 | 0 |
| mortgage your tag | #6 | #23 | down 2 |
| rates your tag | #7 | #23 | down 3 |
| mortgage calculator block | #6 | #19 | 0 |
| post rates | #8 | #24 | down 1 |
| rate page | #19 | #24 | up 4 |
| rate post | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| rate site | #24 | #24 | — |
| rate | #23 | #24 | down 3 |
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
29 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 19 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
- “widget” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.4K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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.
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.
6
releases in the last 12 months
6d ago
latest release · v1.4.1 · 27 Oct 2026
17
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 400.
Install history since 4 Oct 2015
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
7 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 "Show current US mortgage rates on your site: weekly 30-year fixed, 15-year fixed and 5/1 ARM averages. Bloc..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 8 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 Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,428 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-20 400+ → 300+ down after 55 days in tier
- 2026-08-26 300+ → 400+ up after 59 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-25 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-24 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-23 400+ → 300+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-06-19 300+ → 400+ 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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