Pushover Notifications for WordPress
by Chris Klosowski · Uncategorized
Also makes 11 other plugins · 660+ installs across the portfolio →
Pushover Notifications allows your WordPress site to send push notifications straight to your iOS/Android device.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
200+
≈290 estimated
Momentum
+33%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “bbpress” for “sublime”. “bbpress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sublime” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
43 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 25.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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 4.9.35, 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 3181 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
3.6★ over 14 reviews, smoothed to 3.99★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3181 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 20d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 20d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pushover your tag | #21 | #14 | down 1 |
| sublime | #20 | #13 | 0 |
| bbpress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| easy digital downloads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notifications your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| push notifications your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 1 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
- Swap “bbpress” for “sublime”. “bbpress” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sublime” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.8K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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
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
8.7y ago
latest release · v1.9.4 · 14 Feb 2018
37
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and the previous band took 19 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 4 Nov 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Bjørn Nielsen2.3y ago
Unfortunately, I can only give them one star – I really don’t want to give them any at all, but yes. You can’t access their website, you can’t get in touch with them, it doesn’t work, etc. … I hope someone can figure it out, hmm. This topic was modified 2 years ago by Bjørn Nielsen.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ notjustpcs3.2y ago
Really handy plugin for Pushover users, I’ve been using it for years and it’s never missed a beat.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sadhaka5.2y ago
Various parts of the interface (e.g., the sysinfo tab) cause fatal errors on PHP 7. Plus, there’s not much functionality here that can’t be done better by hand.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ guillou99.6y ago
Bonjour, merci beaucoup pour cet article. Pour avoir testé Pushover pour améliorer la communication au sein d’une entreprise, c’est vrai que ça marche plutôt bien et les coûts sont plutôt faible par rapport au développement d’une appli d’entreprise typique. Tout dépend les oblectifs ensuite, bien évidemment. Pour compléter l’article, un de mes collègues a fait un exemple d’implémentation de l’API Pushover en C#. Si jamais ça vous chauffe : http://www.softfluent.fr/blog/expertise/2017/01/26/Pushover-API
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ queeneve10.5y ago
If this is a paid plugin, and dont say it is free cause you cannot use it without paying for the addons So why is it on the wordpress free plugins page? dont u see that this is misleading?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ navi2111.2y ago
I’m not your beta-tester 😉 Add screenshots, plz
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gendalus11.8y ago
I mainly use the plugin to keep me informed about updates.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ maysaa12.0y ago
“Pushover” is very basic, check out the “Bulk Push” many experts have tried it is way better great service all the way…
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
6 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 "Pushover Notifications allows your WordPress site to send push notifications straight to your iOS/Android d..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 2 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); 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 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,015 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "bbPress", "easy digital downloads" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 300+ → 200+ down after 574 days in tier
- 2025-01-10 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-01-07 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-01-05 400+ → 300+ down after 548 days in tier
- 2023-07-07 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-07-05 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-04 500+ → 400+ down after 273 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 600+ → 500+ down after 673 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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Perfecty Push Notifications 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Subscribers – Free Web Push Notifications 1K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Notification Bell 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Beamer – newsfeed and push notifications 200+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Pushnews 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C - A AsynCRONous bbPress Subscriptions 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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