Petitioner
by Anton Voytenko · Email & Marketing
Create, target, and track high-impact petitions with Petitioner: automate delivery to decision-makers, manage approvals, and export rich submission da …
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Health
A 89/100
no flags
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “community”, “email” and “form” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
89 health vs 66 average across 2,120 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 8.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,294 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing 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 15 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 19 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.23★ 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| petition your tag | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| petitions | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| activism your tag | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| community your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
18 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “community”, “email” and “form” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
- Already on top for “petitions”. #3 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 7 Oct 2024 · 754 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 808 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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.
15
releases in the last 12 months
19d ago
latest release · v0.8.7 · 12 Oct 2026
40
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 51% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Oct 2024
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (0.8.7). 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 5 languages, 0 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
8 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 "Create, target, and track high-impact petitions with Petitioner: automate delivery to decision-makers, mana..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 12 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("built for", "who need").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, WPML, Polylang, TranslatePress and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,434 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "activism", "community" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-29 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-26 100+ → 200+ up after 145 days in tier
- 2025-12-02 90+ → 100+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2025-11-05 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-10-30 70+ → 80+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-10-25 80+ → 70+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2025-10-09 70+ → 80+ up after 4 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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SpeakOut! Email Petitions 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags A -
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Gravity PDF 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
VS Contact Form 6K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
PDF Forms Filler for CF7 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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