Opti-Behavior – Self-Hosted Heatmaps, Funnels, A/B Testing & Smart Insights

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

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.

127 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 103 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Crossed into this band 10 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 1K.

At the current install trend, crossing 2K+ in roughly 222 days.

1. ★★★★★ damiengallou

   6mo ago

   I installed Opti-Behavior on one of my WordPress sites because I wanted to understand why people were leaving a page that I thought was clear. After checking the heatmap and scroll data, I noticed that visitors were not really reaching the section I expected them to see, and some clicks were happening in places I didn’t expect. The setup was not complicated, and I liked that I could see everything directly inside WordPress instead of opening another platform. For me, the most useful part is that it shows behavior in a visual way, not just numbers. It helped me make a few small changes to the layout and move an important button higher on the page. I’m still testing it, but so far it feels practical and useful, especially for improving pages based on real visitor behavior instead of just guessing.

   Read on wp.org ↗
2. ★★★★★ mariamilano

   7mo ago

   Honestly didn’t expect much when I installed this. There are so many analytics plugins that promise everything and deliver nothing. Been using it for 3 days now. The thing that actually surprised me was the form analytics. I’ve never seen a WordPress plugin that shows you exactly how people interact with each field, how long they stay on it, where they stop and leave. Found a real issue on my contact form in like 20 minutes. One field was killing my submissions and I had no idea. Everything runs on my own server which was important to me. Not a fan of sending my visitors’ data to Microsoft or whoever. Still waiting for the WooCommerce features they mentioned. That’s the main reason I’ll be sticking around. If that works half as well as the form analytics, it’ll be worth it.

   Read on wp.org ↗
3. ★★★★★ Hamdouch

   7mo ago

   I got to test the Pro plan for free and honestly… I’m blown away! 😄Opti Behavior is a real all-in-one beast for understanding your website traffic. It shows you exactly how people are moving around your site and, most importantly, what you actually need to optimize to make things better.

   Read on wp.org ↗

All 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.10.1). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched High · 7.2 Opti-Behavior <= 1.9.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'targetUrl' Parameter ↗
   2026-10-15 CVE-2026-95686 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.9.2.1 Patched in 1.10.0
2. Patched High · 7.2 Opti-Behavior <= 1.9.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'country_name' Location Parameter ↗
   2026-10-15 CVE-2026-95809 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.9.2.1 Patched in 1.10.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

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.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-10-21 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-10-20 1K+ → 900+ down after 59 days in tier
3. 2026-08-22 900+ → 1K+ up after 4 days in tier
4. 2026-08-18 800+ → 900+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2026-08-15 700+ → 800+ up after 8 days in tier
6. 2026-08-07 500+ → 700+ up after 9 days in tier
7. 2026-07-29 600+ → 500+ down after 5 days in tier
8. 2026-07-24 400+ → 600+ up after 6 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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Opti-Behavior – Self-Hosted Heatmaps, Funnels, A/B Testing & Smart Insights: 1K+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/opti-behavior