PuzzleMe – Interactive Puzzles for WordPress – Easily publish crosswords, quizzes, word searches and more
by Amuse Labs · Uncategorized
PuzzleMe makes it easy to add interactive games to your WordPress website - no coding required.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.8K estimated
Momentum
+100%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “quiz” for “quizzes”. “quiz” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “quizzes” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.7%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 21.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,782 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.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 158 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
4.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
24%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| crosswords | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| sudoku your tag | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| puzzles your tag | #3 | #13 | up 1 |
| crossword your tag | #3 | #2 | down 1 |
| quizzes | #18 | #24 | 0 |
| games your tag | #22 | #23 | 0 |
| word | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| quizzes online | #20 | #24 | down 3 |
| interactive quiz | #21 | #23 | down 1 |
| quiz your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
40 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 31 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “quiz” for “quizzes”. “quiz” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “quizzes” sits at #18 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.8K · 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.4.0 · 29 May 2026
16
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 58% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 17 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 80% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jerome142108mo ago
C’est très bien, mais désormais tout est devenu en premium à des prix fou, 99 euro par mois. On pouvais laisser un message à la fin, c’est payant. L’utilisateur peux voir les réponses, sinon c’est en premium. Vraiment dommage, cette extension ne sert plus à grand chose….
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pmsocial10mo ago
I’ve been using this plugin for a little around a week. It is an excellent plugin. Easy to set up, easy to add to my Games page, and fun to play! Thank you for creating such a wonderful plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chashutch3.6y ago
I’ve been using Amuse Lab’s “PuzzleMe” app for years. This plugin is yet another example of the Amuse Labs team updating and keeping up with what’s happening with puzzles on the web.Great job team!Hutch
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.4.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 PuzzleMe for WordPress <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-09-03 CVE-2025-58621 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2.0 Patched in 1.2.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "PuzzleMe makes it easy to add interactive games to your WordPress website - no coding required."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "ideal for", "built for").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 7 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,542 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-15 900+ → 1K+ up after 121 days in tier
- 2025-02-14 800+ → 900+ up after 113 days in tier
- 2024-10-24 700+ → 800+ up after 73 days in tier
- 2024-08-12 600+ → 700+ up after 123 days in tier
- 2024-04-11 500+ → 600+ up after 51 days in tier
- 2024-02-20 400+ → 500+ up after 83 days in tier
- 2023-11-29 300+ → 400+ up after 78 days in tier
- 2023-09-12 200+ → 300+ up after 116 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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Crossword Compiler Puzzles 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
YMC Crossword 100+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
MorePuzzles 90+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Daily Puzzles for Analong — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Flying Comet Games Embed — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Interactive Content – H5P 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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