PR-Gateway Connect
by Adenion · Social
Also makes 1 other plugin · 40K+ installs across the portfolio →
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Health
F 39/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈25 estimated
Momentum
+100%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “auto post”, “auto publish” and “social media automation” 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.
39 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 4.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.0, 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 2564 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.0.0; the current branch is 6.8
1.3★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 3.94★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
To rank higher: Last updated 2564 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| auto post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| auto publish your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media automation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media calendar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media scheduling your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “auto post”, “auto publish” and “social media automation” 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 6 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 67 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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
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
7.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.0 · 25 Oct 2019
1
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.2 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 27 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ starrychloe12.0y ago
Facebook doesn’t appear to work. You can’t post to a Facebook Page. It forces you to switch to your personal id, and it wants your email and contacts. Plus the Facebook permissions say “This does not let the app post to Facebook.” Google+ is not available. It is “Coming soon”. Pinterest authentication requires giving your password to the pr-gateway.de site, but I’m uncomfortable doing that for anything that is free, even though it’s a new account. Twitter seems to work. I authenticated but did not post. These are the permissions: This application will be able to: Read Tweets from your timeline. See who you follow, and follow new people. Update your profile. Post Tweets for you. It seems they are still working on it, because all of these could have been discovered during a preliminary alpha test. I’m off to investigate IFTTT next.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AndalusianWorld12.0y ago
I really wish that this worked, but no luck with various versions of WP or with the last 3 updates to the plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ BeeCee12.4y ago
I installed the plugin and for using it, there’s a link in the plugin’s settings page to sign-up here: http://www.pr-gateway.de/component/comprofiler/?task=registers For what do you collect names and address data for a FREE account, for users just using it for social connect? That’s a NO GO!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
0 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 10 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 929 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("auto post", "auto publish", "social media automation", "social media calendar", "social media scheduling" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-08-21 40+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-20 50+ → 40+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2024-06-30 60+ → 50+ down after 121 days in tier
- 2024-03-01 10+ → 60+ up after 513 days in tier
- 2022-10-05 20+ → 10+ down after 1053 days in tier
- 2019-11-17 80+ → 20+ 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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Evergreen Content Poster – Auto Post and Schedule Your Best Content to Social Media 90+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
Auto Post to Social Media from Social Champ 40+ installs · 3.5★ · 4 shared tags B -
Post Bridge Social Poster — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
Revive Social – Social Media Auto Post and Scheduling Automation Plugin 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags A -
Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Hootsuite 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags A
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