My Reads – a virtual bookshelf for tracking and reviewing your reads
by Nate Finch · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 60+ installs across the portfolio →
Track your reading with My Reads! A plugin for you to display a virtual bookshelf of your reads. Review what you're reading, rate, favorite, and more.
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Health
B 75/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈29 estimated
Momentum
+48%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “book reviews” and “reading list” for “comics” and “comic”. “book reviews” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comics” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “reading list” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comic” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
75 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 1.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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 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 246 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
14%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| virtual bookshelf your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| bookshelf | #3 | #7 | 0 |
| my reads your tag | #7 | #23 | 0 |
| reading tracker your tag | #7 | #19 | up 1 |
| comics | #6 | #12 | up 1 |
| comic | #8 | #15 | down 2 |
| book reviews your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| reading list your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 8 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “book reviews” and “reading list” for “comics” and “comic”. “book reviews” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comics” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “reading list” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “comic” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 7 May 2025 · 542 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 282 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 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 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
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
8mo ago
latest release · v1.0.4 · 27 Feb 2026
10
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 30.
At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 155 days.
Install history since 10 May 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dholurockstar1.2y ago
The plugin does what it says but It took a huge amount of time to figure out how to actually get it working. But the result is to my liking and looks nice. Hopefully the plugin continues its development polishes it to perfection. This topic was modified 10 months, 4 weeks ago by dholurockstar.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
6 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 "Track your reading with My Reads! A plugin for you to display a virtual bookshelf of your reads. Review wha..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("designed for", "perfect for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,862 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "book reviews" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 30+ → 20+ down after 41 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 20+ → 30+ up after 97 days in tier
- 2026-05-26 10+ → 20+ up after 112 days in tier
- 2026-02-03 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-02 10+ → 20+ 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).
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RS ARC Manager – Advance Review Copy Management System 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag - W WP Reading List 30+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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SFR Book Review Showcase 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Save & Summarize – AI Digest for Saved Articles — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
ARC — Advance Review Copy — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Jiali User Bookmarks — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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