Pets
by Igor Benic · Uncategorized
Also makes 12 other plugins · 1.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
A plugin to manage websites with pets or animal shelters.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
90+
≈90 estimated
Momentum
+66%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “petfinder” and “adoptable pets” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4 and #6 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
44 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 7.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20.
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 1658 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1658 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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 14d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 14d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| petfinder | #4 | #3 | 0 |
| adoptable pets | #6 | #4 | 0 |
| animal shelter your tag | #11 | #7 | 0 |
| shelter | #11 | #6 | 0 |
| animals your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 2 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
- Add “petfinder” and “adoptable pets” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4 and #6 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “animal shelter”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 229 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ 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
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
4.5y ago
latest release · v1.4.1 · 17 Apr 2022
15
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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 90.
Install history since 1 Nov 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ juno214.5y ago
The best solution to add missing pets to your site.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jospoika4.6y ago
Hello Igor, thank you so much for your response (even if it is now a year ago, but wanted to let you know that i’ve found a work around to my quandary of “With running a rescue, sometimes it is great to have particular information with adopted or soon to be adopted dogs profiles – such as Foster Carer details, even adoption details e.g. names and phone numbers. However, this information needs to be private – as in not displayed to the public.” The simplest way I can come up with is to have a special user role such as “Rescue Coordinator”. Create the private fields needed with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF). Integrate these fields only for the pets posts, and only for Rescue coordinators – without publishing them to the front end. It’s a clunky way – but by doing this, I can also create groups of fields for the pets documents, and even give access to certain fields – such as desexing pdf files to only the person fostering that dog – and then later to the new dog’s owner. If anyone would like to know more – am happy to write up a process for this in the near future when things have calmed down – we have lots of intakes at the moment. Thank you so much for your response Igor, and thank you for any considerations to my quandary in the future.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ GSDdebbie6.8y ago
I have used another plugin to display pets for rescue organizations for years, but decided to look into other options when that plugin wasn’t yet ready for the new Petfinder API. I came across the Pets plugin and have been impressed with the developer’s willingness to address user requests. Besides linking to Petfinder listings, the Pets plugin also offers other custom fields for organizations to feature their pets.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence2 open vulnerabilities affect the current version (1.4.1). 0 of 2 disclosed are patched.
- 2025-08-06 CVE-2025-52742 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.1 No patch available
- 2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.1 No patch available
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 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 12 languages, 3 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
3 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 "A plugin to manage websites with pets or animal shelters."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Petfinder Search Form does not work").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); 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 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,999 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-29 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-26 90+ → 80+ down after 156 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-21 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-18 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-16 100+ → 90+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-05-08 90+ → 100+ up after 20 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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Pet Adoption Listings 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - A Animal Shelter — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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PawBoost Lost and Found Pets 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Scrollies – good vibes for your website 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Felicette Pedigree Litters 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Zoospas 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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