RicReviews
by Riccardo · Uncategorized
Display Google Places reviews on your WordPress site using a simple shortcode. Fetches reviews from Google Places API (New).
77 health vs 55 average across 15,376 Uncategorized plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2026-02-20 · 147 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
114
now · peak 133
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
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2026-03-01 · 139 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for RicReviews into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/ricreviews" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="RicReviews — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> RicReviews: — active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ricreviews