Rating by BestWebSoft
by bestweblayout · Uncategorized
Also makes 30 other plugins · 14.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add rating plugin to your WordPress website to receive feedback from your customers.
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Health
C 63/100
Stale · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
300+
≈390 estimated
Momentum
+23%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “5 stars” for “bestwebsoft”. “5 stars” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “bestwebsoft” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
63 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 13.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 512 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 7 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 512 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bestwebsoft | #22 | #21 | up 1 |
| 5 stars your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| add rating your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rating your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rating plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stars your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “5 stars” for “bestwebsoft”. “5 stars” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “bestwebsoft” sits at #22 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 355 · 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 21 Oct 2026.
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
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
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.7 · 6 Jun 2025
13
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 75% 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 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 400.
Install history since 15 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Pavel Leontiev3.2y ago
For my task i tried around 10 of these. And this one is best fit for me
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yematavr6.0y ago
At first I was delighted when I found a plugin that allows you to rate reviews and immediately marks them out. But micro-markup doesn’t work at all, nothing happens. In the setting, there is an enable / disable button and there is nothing else for the markup. All reference data are outdated and there is nothing about micro-markup. I was first made happy and then upset.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ eufes6.2y ago
Очень доволен, что плагин хорошо продуман и легко интегрируется с базой знаний.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ TZSUI9.1y ago
The plugin is working as described. But bottom-line for a blog without a “real” requirement for registered users not very useful. There is no option to open the rating for all visitors what for a rating plugin would be a useful option. Therefor 5 starts for the functionality and 1 star for the flexibility in operation. As I read in the support community the request to open rating for all users was placed already, but without success.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ezekielloves9.2y ago
Just when I needed. It worked flawlessly with my theme to easily create a movie review site. Feature request: shortcode to display ‘average user rating’ as desired. user can edit/change rating (as in IMDB)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ edepeter9.6y ago
Macht was es soll und das sehr gut. TOP!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MIL9.7y ago
There is nothing superfluous and everything works. I did not find the option of voting for non-logged.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.7). 2 of 3 disclosed are patched.
- 2017-04-17 CVE-2017-18530 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 0.2 Patched in 0.2
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 7 languages, 2 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
6 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add rating plugin to your WordPress website to receive feedback from your customers."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 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 5 headings and 11 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,469 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
- 2026-10-11 400+ → 300+ down after 76 days in tier
- 2026-07-27 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-26 400+ → 500+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 500+ → 400+ down after 343 days in tier
- 2025-08-05 400+ → 500+ up after 517 days in tier
- 2024-03-06 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-03-03 400+ → 300+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2024-02-22 300+ → 400+ up after 3 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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Rating Widget: Post Rating, 5 Star Rating, Reviews, Thumbs Up & Down, Reaction 400+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C - E EC Stars Rating 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Author Post Ratings 100+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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WidgetPack Review System 70+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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