RootsPersona
by urryes · Uncategorized
A real WordPress page for every person of your family tree, made from a GEDCOM file: photos, maps, sources, search and a front page for the tree.
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
A 88/100
no flags
Active installs
400+
≈470 estimated
Momentum
+100%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 74/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
88 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 36.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 9 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 17 reviews, smoothed to 4.23★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
47
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
36%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gedcom your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| genealogy your tag | #2 | #1 | up 1 |
| family history your tag | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| family tree your tag | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| remembrance | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| birth chart | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| ancestors your tag | #6 | #4 | up 1 |
| family | #7 | #11 | up 4 |
| tree | #14 | #19 | 0 |
| abbr | #11 | #5 | 0 |
| installer | #13 | #10 | — |
| microdata | #13 | #15 | up 4 |
| cyrillic | #13 | #12 | 0 |
| relative | #19 | #19 | up 2 |
| utf 8 | #20 | #21 | 0 |
| children | #21 | #14 | up 1 |
| page tree | #24 | #19 | — |
| site tree | #17 | #19 | down 1 |
45 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 18 listed. 27 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “family”, “abbr” and “installer” (#7, #11 and #13 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 31 Jul 2026 · 93 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.9K · 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 30 Jul 2026
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (4.3.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
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.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 12 languages, 0 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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 14 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 14 of 14 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,255 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ancestors" does not.
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. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
-
GedShow 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags D -
AP Family Trees 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
AP Family Archive – Genealogy Website from GEDCOM — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
ForeBranch — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
Genealogical Tree – Family Tree & Ancestry for WordPress 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B - G Genealogy 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for RootsPersona into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/rootspersona" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="RootsPersona — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> RootsPersona: 400+ active installs, 4.6★ (17 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/rootspersona
Spotted a number that looks wrong? Report a data issue and we'll check it against the source.