Podlove Subscribe button

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.

9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 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 · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 13 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ venan39

   10.9y ago

   great plugin, very good work!

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2. ★★★★★ Bradford243

   11.5y ago

   UPDATE^2: Okay, this is definitely a helpful plugin. Before this app, I was having trouble with it taking too many clicks to get to subscribe on iTunes; and trying to subscribe on Android was just a mess. Very cool solution, and plugin author very helpful and patient with issue which ended up being on server. I wonder if it’s possible to change the color to the typical podcast icon purple, approximately #8A27E7 …? Thanks again, chemiker, and I would definitely recommend this plugin to podcasters who face a similar issue. I will be giving it some love on this week’s episode for sure. ————— UPDATE: It appears that the problem may be Bluehost not running PHP 5.4.2…and the author responded promptly…so raising the rating immediately to 3 stars while I researcg and hope to do better soon. This should be pretty helpful if I can get it to work. ————————— Would love to see this work (and don’t mind updating the rating if it works), but it wouldn’t activate on 4.1.4 or 4.2.1. message: Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION in public_html/[my domain]/wp-content/plugins/podlove-subscribe-button/podlove.php on line 33

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2023-02-10 Version 1.3.8 FIXED XSS and CSRF vulnerabilities 1.3.8
2. 2019-07-20 Version 1.3.7 FIXED an issue that prevented the subscribe button to appear FIXED a XSS vulnerability 1.3.7
3. 2018-10-02 Version 1.3.6 FIXED autowidth value not saving to options correctly 1.3.6
4. 2018-09-09 Version 1.3.5 Replaced the spectrum color selector with WP Color Picker FIXED multiple color pickers when adding a widget 1.3.5
5. — Version 1.3.12 FIXED XSS vulnerabilities 1.3.12
6. — Version 1.3.11 FIXED SQL Injection vulnerabilities 1.3.11

All 5 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.3.12). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.4 Podlove Subscribe button <= 1.3.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-58227 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.3.11 Patched in 1.3.12
2. Patched High · 8.8 Podlove Subscribe button <= 1.3.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection ↗
   2024-02-06 CVE-2024-1118 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 1.3.10 Patched in 1.3.11
3. Patched Medium · 4.4 Podlove Subscribe button <= 1.3.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-02-15 CVE-2023-25479 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.3.7 Patched in 1.3.9
4. Patched Medium · 5.4 Podlove Subscribe button <= 1.3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via process_form function ↗
   2023-02-15 CVE-2023-25481 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.3.7 Patched in 1.3.9
5. Patched Medium · 5.4 Podlove Subscribe button <= 1.3.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via save function ↗
   2023-02-15 CVE-2023-25481 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 1.3.7 Patched in 1.3.9

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9

Translated into 3 languages, 1 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. 2025-10-09 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2025-10-06 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-10-05 3K+ → 2K+ down after 661 days in tier
4. 2023-12-14 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2023-12-13 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
6. 2023-12-11 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1147 days in tier
7. 2020-10-20 3K+ → 4K+ up after 411 days in tier
8. 2019-09-05 2K+ → 3K+ up after 51 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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Podlove Subscribe button: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/podlove-subscribe-button