PetPress
by Jim Briggs · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 80+ installs across the portfolio →
PetPress, for animal shelter websites, allows users to create lists and detail pages for animals in their shelter(s). PetPoint and Animals First are s …
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈70 estimated
Momentum
+21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “pet” for “animals”. “pet” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “animals” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 6.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 5 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| petpoint your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| animal shelter | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| shelter your tag | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| animal rescue | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| animal your tag | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| animals | #4 | #6 | 0 |
| adoptable pets | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| petfinder | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| rescue your tag | #11 | #12 | up 1 |
| pet your tag | #12 | #15 | down 1 |
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “pet” for “animals”. “pet” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “animals” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “pet”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “rescue”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 31 Oct 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 275 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
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 70.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "PetPress, for animal shelter websites, allows users to create lists and detail pages for animals in their s..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("designed for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 592 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ 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
- 2026-10-21 60+ → 70+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 70+ → 60+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2026-09-28 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-09-24 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-09-16 60+ → 70+ up after 0 days in tier
- 2026-09-16 70+ → 60+ down
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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Cute Animals 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Pet Freedom Companion — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Wapuu Dashboard Pet 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
Pet-Manager – Petfinder 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag - P Pet Webcam Widget 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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PetMatchPro 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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