PWA for WordPress
by Ryunosuke Shindo · Uncategorized
PWA for WordPress makes your WordPress site to PWA (Progressive Web App) and makes control of PWA data caches easy.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈350 estimated
Momentum
+45%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “mobile”, “progressive web app” and “progressive web apps” 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.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.0%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 10K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28, 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 2750 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.1.28; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2750 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pwa4wp your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| mobile your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| progressive web app your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| progressive web apps your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pwa your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “mobile”, “progressive web app” and “progressive web apps” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 156 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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
7.5y ago
latest release · v1.2.0 · 23 Apr 2019
12
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months 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 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous User 182287456.2y ago
日本語化対応されていて、使いやすい
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ryo Uozumi7.3y ago
5分以内ででPWA化できました！ とても嬉しいです！
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dageni7.7y ago
I was looking for a PWA plugin for a multisite installation. It had to be compatible with our push notifications plugin and I tried a quite a few before I came across this one. What a great find! An outstanding plugin, easy to setup with lots of very useful features. Many thanks and best wishes to the developers.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ryunosuke Shindo8.2y ago
有効期限やURLでの除外などキャッシュの細かなコントロールができます。 新着情報のリストやajaxでのデータ取得先のURLなどをキャッシュから除外することで、サイトの鮮度を保ちながらPWAの恩恵を受けることができる。
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "PWA for WordPress makes your WordPress site to PWA (Progressive Web App) and makes control of PWA data cach..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 2 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("If you have any questions…").
- ! 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 6 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,214 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("mobile", "progressive web apps", "pwa4wp" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-05 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-04 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-03 400+ → 300+ down after 335 days in tier
- 2025-04-02 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-01 400+ → 500+ up after 38 days in tier
- 2025-02-22 500+ → 400+ down after 322 days in tier
- 2024-04-06 600+ → 500+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2024-03-25 500+ → 600+ up after 8 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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Progressive Web Apps 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Super Progressive Web Apps 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
PWA 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
PWA for WP – Progressive Web Apps Made Simple 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Add to Home Screen & Progressive Web App 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hyper PWA – Bringing Modern Progressive Web App Experiences 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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