Rock The Slackbot
by Rachel Cherry · Chat & Support
Also makes 2 other plugins · 410+ installs across the portfolio →
Rock The Slackbot helps you stay on top of changes by sending notifications straight to you and your team inside your Slack account.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “chat”, “collaboration” and “notification” 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.
50 health vs 64 average across 1,174 Chat & Support plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 7.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Chat & Support plugin keeps 0.8%, across 628 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Chat & Support 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, 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 3581 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8
4.9★ over 15 reviews, smoothed to 4.28★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3581 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| slackbot your tag | #5 | #2 | 0 |
| chat your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| collaboration your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notification your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| slack 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
- “chat”, “collaboration” and “notification” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 224 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
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
9.8y ago
latest release · v1.1.2 · 10 Jan 2017
4
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 years 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 5 Apr 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ hikarukujo9.1y ago
Only thing missing would be a way to limit post notifications based on category or tag, or alternatively to allow a per-post override of the channel name for a post notification. Would make this perfect to scope posts based on team or group who should be reading a post. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mateus Neves9.5y ago
A great and very useful plugin. It does everything it says.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wernerhampel9.7y ago
Top work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Stanislav Khromov9.7y ago
No muss, no fuss. It just works.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dorians9.8y ago
Just what I needed 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Shawn Hooper10.1y ago
My company’s web presence is made up of 4 subsites, each with their own blogs. Rock The Slackbot made it easy for me to automatically announce our new posts to a dedicated slack channel, so that the entire team is kept up-to-date on company news. In addition, it notifies the technical team (in another channel) when a new version of WordPress core is available, and when there are plugins to be updated. The plugin’s configuration is easy to understand, and it just works.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Limes10.2y ago
Rock The Slackbot is absolutely amazing. I experienced this especially when I got the email notification to update other plugins when Rock The Slackbot was unable to provide information to Slack (because of my mistake in channel name). Well done!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ brs14ku10.3y ago
Thanks again. Trying to get the boss to buy you a few cups of coffee 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 128 languages, 2 at 90% or more
Plus 104 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
6 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Rock The Slackbot helps you stay on top of changes by sending notifications straight to you and your team i..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "use case").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Slack, Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 15 headings and 49 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 9,519 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
- 2024-10-22 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-21 100+ → 200+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2024-10-15 200+ → 100+ down after 535 days in tier
- 2023-04-29 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-28 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-04-26 300+ → 200+ down after 204 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 400+ → 300+ down after 417 days in tier
- 2021-08-13 500+ → 400+ down after 563 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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Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
Manage Notification E-mails 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Facebook Chat Plugin – Live Chat Plugin for WordPress 70K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
Tidio – Live Chat & AI Chatbots 70K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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