Rating by BestWebSoft

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

1. ★★★★★ Pavel Leontiev

   3.0y ago

   For my task i tried around 10 of these. And this one is best fit for me

   Read on wp.org ↗
2. ★★★★★ yematavr

   5.9y 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 All reference data are outdated and there is nothing about micro-markup.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 ↗
3. ★★★★★ eufes

   6.0y ago

   Очень доволен, что плагин хорошо продуман и легко интегрируется с базой знаний.

   Read on wp.org ↗
4. ★★★★★ TZSUI

   8.9y 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 ↗
5. ★★★★★ ezekielloves

   9.0y 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 ↗
6. ★★★★★ edepeter

   9.5y ago

   Macht was es soll und das sehr gut. TOP!

   Read on wp.org ↗
7. ★★★★★ MIL

   9.5y ago

   There is nothing superfluous and everything works. I did not find the option of voting for non-logged.

   Read on wp.org ↗

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. High · 8.8 Rating by BestWebSoft <= 1.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection ↗
   2025-04-17 CVE-2025-39527 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 1.7 No patch available
2. Medium · 5.3 Rating by BestWebSoft <= 1.5 - Rating Denial of Service ↗
   2022-05-24 CVE-2021-25121 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Affects <= 1.5 Patched in 1.6
3. Medium · 6.1 Rating by BestWebSoft < 0.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2017-04-17 CVE-2017-18530 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 0.2 Patched in 0.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7

Translated into 7 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-27 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-07-26 400+ → 500+ up after 355 days in tier
3. 2025-08-05 400+ → 500+ up after 517 days in tier
4. 2024-03-06 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2024-03-03 400+ → 300+ down after 10 days in tier
6. 2024-02-22 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
7. 2024-02-19 400+ → 300+ down after 188 days in tier
8. 2023-08-15 300+ → 400+ up after 1 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).

• GD Rating System 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Stars Rating 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• 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
• WidgetPack Review System 70+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D

Embed this report card

Drop a live Pulse card for Rating by BestWebSoft into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.

Rating by BestWebSoft: 400+ active installs, 4.7★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/rating-bws