Responsive Testimonials
by WP Darko · Uncategorized
Also makes 7 other plugins · 47.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
A responsive, clean and easy way to display testimonials. Create testimonials, add authors and their jobs and copy-paste the shortcode into any page.
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Health
B 76/100
Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈530 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Swap “customers” and “recommendations” for “responsive testimonial” and “responsive background”. “customers” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “responsive testimonial” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “recommendations” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “responsive background” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
76 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.2%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 12K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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 1 release 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 275 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
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: 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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
16%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| responsive testimonials | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| client testimonials your tag | #6 | #18 | 0 |
| responsive testimonial | #4 | #10 | down 1 |
| testimonials your tag | #13 | #21 | down 1 |
| simple testimonials | #8 | #19 | down 1 |
| testimonials plugin | #10 | #17 | up 1 |
| testimonials shortcode | #11 | #19 | 0 |
| wordpress testimonials | #12 | #18 | up 1 |
| wp testimonials | #13 | #21 | down 1 |
| testimonial plugin | #24 | #18 | 0 |
| responsive background | #23 | #21 | 0 |
| lang | #24 | #19 | down 5 |
| easy testimonials | #16 | #22 | up 1 |
| customers your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| recommendations your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| reviews your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
20 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “customers” and “recommendations” for “responsive testimonial” and “responsive background”. “customers” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “responsive testimonial” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “recommendations” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “responsive background” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “testimonials”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 189 · 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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
9mo ago
latest release · v1.3 · 29 Jan 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 30% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 600+ in roughly 132 days.
Install history since 20 Nov 2015
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 58 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 34 more locales with partial translations.
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
5 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 "A responsive, clean and easy way to display testimonials. Create testimonials, add authors and their jobs a..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("No limitation for the Free version").
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you need", "use this").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,094 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("client testimonials", "customers", "recommendations", "reviews" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 400+ → 500+ up after 70 days in tier
- 2026-05-05 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-04 400+ → 500+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-04-30 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-28 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-25 400+ → 500+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-04-20 500+ → 400+ down 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).
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Widgets for Ebay Reviews 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags A -
Widgets for Capterra Reviews 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags A -
Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Site Reviews 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP Customer Reviews 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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