PulseMaps Visitor World Map
by aitosoftware · Admin & Utilities
Show off your website visitors on the world map. When people around the world visit your blog, the corresponding areas on the heat map widget light up …
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Health
D 41/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈80 estimated
Momentum
-8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “heat map”, “traffic counter” and “traffic widget” 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.
41 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 42.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4289 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 6.8
2.8★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.00★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4289 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| heat map your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| traffic counter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| traffic widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| visitor map your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| world map 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
- “heat map”, “traffic counter” and “traffic widget” 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 112 · 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.
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
11.8y ago
latest release · v1.7.2 · 2 Feb 2015
22
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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 80.
Install history since 19 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ limitlesspro8.5y ago
service unavailable
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gerry10.1y ago
Love this plugin, works very well and a lot of my clients love it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Some Thing12.8y ago
I just wasted 5 minutes of my life on this. Description (as seen from inside of WordPress admin GUI, copied verbatim below) doesn’t say that this plugin is commercial and that it requires registration. I promptly removed the plugin. — Complete lack of disclosure, PulseMaps v1.7.2 — The PulseMaps plugin visualizes your site visitors’ locations on the world map. The plugin includes a map widget which you place on the pages you want to track. The areas where you get the most visitors are shown with a lighter color. The most recent visitors are show as flashing dots on the map. The total number of visits is also shown. For a live demo, visit the PulseMaps website and the de… By Aito Software Inc..
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hadikamarudin13.4y ago
Nice!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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 "Show off your website visitors on the world map. When people around the world visit your blog, the correspo..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,347 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("traffic counter", "Traffic Widget", "visitor map" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-25 80+ → 70+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 70+ → 80+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2026-09-21 80+ → 70+ down after 118 days in tier
- 2026-05-26 90+ → 80+ down after 104 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 100+ → 90+ down after 742 days in tier
- 2024-01-31 200+ → 100+ down after 575 days in tier
- 2022-07-05 400+ → 200+ down after 587 days in tier
- 2020-11-25 2K+ → 400+ 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).
- P Plugin Name: Traffic Counter Widget Plugin 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
- P Plugin Name: Traffic Stats Widget Plugin 600+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- T Traffic flash counter 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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MapGeo – Interactive Geo Maps 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B - M Mechanic Visitor Counter 6K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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XT Visitor Counter 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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