Pelcro: Content Subscription Platform
by pelcro · Membership
The #1 Content Subscription Platform. All the tools you need to drive subscription revenue from your audience. Setup a membership paywall in minutes.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
+75%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “content” for “metered paywall”. “content” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “metered paywall” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
44 health vs 71 average across 298 Membership plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 6.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Membership plugin keeps 0.9%, across 165 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Membership 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34, 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 3120 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 6.8
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: Last updated 3120 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pelcro your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| metered paywall | #20 | #20 | down 4 |
| content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| membership your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paywall your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| subscription your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “content” for “metered paywall”. “content” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “metered paywall” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.2K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.
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
8.5y ago
latest release · v3.0.4 · 17 Apr 2018
25
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 5 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ verasoul10.3y ago
Ive been checking it up for a while, and just when I was trying to seeting it, realized that you must register on their site to use this free version for 14 days. Well, it looks it work great but a free version for 14 days is not free at all. The Settings of the plugin are not well explained and because of these two things Im giving just 3 stars. In the future will check again hopping that 14 days will change to forever, keeeping the minimum options of course.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mtlnewtech10.5y ago
This service gives adblock users the option to either remove adblock or pay per page view. It seems to work great, started to get paid by the company who created the plugin. They transfer revenue collected every month in a timely manner. Their stats are also very insightful, definitely recommend users to try it out. Its easy to use, setup and customize everything from the design of the popup to all the copy displayed in the popup. They also have a few customizable options, you can decide wether user can close popup or not, how long till the ad block users gets a popup and many more. I recommend it to anyone who relies on ads as a source of revenue for their site.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 Stripe, PayPal.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,558 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
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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codoc 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
SureMembers – Membership & Content Restriction Plugin 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Memberful – Membership Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Subscriptions & Memberships for PayPal 900+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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