Post Ratings
by digitalnature · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 700+ installs across the portfolio →
Simple, developer-friendly, straightforward post rating plugin. Relies on post meta to store avg. rating / vote count.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
600+
≈610 estimated
Momentum
+74%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “ajax”, “post” and “rating” 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.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 77.6K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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.
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 4.5.33, 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 3260 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 23 reviews, smoothed to 4.23★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3260 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 18d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 18d
-0.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| postrating your tag | #18 | #15 | 0 |
| ajax your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rating your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ratings your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “ajax”, “post” and “rating” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 208 · peaks are release surges
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
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
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
10.5y ago
latest release · v3.0 · 12 May 2016
16
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 88% 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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 37 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 600.
Install history since 31 Jul 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Luis Martins8.8y ago
Well thank you so much for this simple but well put out plugin. I was pleasantly for a few reasons: It doesn’t fill the admin UI with a ton of upsell offers It puts its options on where they make sense, in the settings option and not top level as many developers like to do It goes to the point and just works. Thank you! This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by Luis Martins.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jakubd9.2y ago
Nice simple plugin, but all ratings are lost when deactivating and activating the plugin 🙁 This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by jakubd. This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by jakubd.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Lost Mountain9.8y ago
fast conected with my site, can rate my posts,
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Travis Wade10.5y ago
Exactly what I was looking for. Simple rating system without a lot of complexity.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tayfunozer10.8y ago
Google ‘also stars looks !.. Thank you man !!!!!! +Maximum 1 vote to remove the limit?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DutchMan011.7y ago
Works great, easy to use. Keep working on it man! 3 years no updates… 🙁 But… it works with WP 4.11 Thanks mate!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ John12.6y ago
Thanks for your job, works nicely!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Westr201312.6y ago
Only one person can rate. others cannot
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 69 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 45 more locales with partial translations.
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 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 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 5 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 611 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ajax", "postrating" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-25 500+ → 600+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-09-20 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-19 500+ → 600+ up after 26 days in tier
- 2026-08-24 600+ → 500+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 500+ → 600+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-08-01 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-31 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-29 600+ → 500+ down after 1 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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