"Safe WP Updates" by WP Boom
by wpboom · Uncategorized
A site cloning and visual testing tool that allows creation of development sites for WordPress update testing.
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
C 57/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
+102%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “development”, “testing” and “utility” 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.
57 health vs 58 average across 25,770 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 650 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 650 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| development your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| testing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| utility your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 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
- “development”, “testing” and “utility” 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 21 Jan 2025 · 650 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 115 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #50,200 to #69,500, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 10 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 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
1.8y ago
latest release · v1.3.61 · 21 Jan 2025
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 21 Jan 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ myaffee1.8y ago
WordPress updates can be such a pain, particularly with the number of sites I have to maintain, because you never know if some plugin or theme update is going to break a site and lead to a fire drill of trying to fix or restore the site. This plugin makes the whole process so much easier because I can quickly spawn a dev site, run the updates there and then compare live to dev to see if anything changed or broke. This is a game changer for those of us who have to maintain a bunch of sites.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gunnybond1.8y ago
Even without subscribing to the WP Boom service (which is very useful), the ability to clone my live site as a dev site – complete with config changes, without having to fuss over the details, is so useful and saves me so much time. Once I am done with the cloned site I can simply delete it. The WP Boom service has a free tier that lets me take screenshots of all the pages on my live site AND my dev site. I can even compare future screenshots to help me ascertain if anything changed since the original screenshot. If the page broke because of a plugin or theme update, the plugin displays this by providing you with a percentage that indiciates the differences, along with a magenta mask to highlight those changes. This topic was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by gunnybond.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. 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 site cloning and visual testing tool that allows creation of development sites for WordPress update testing."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions OpenAI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,137 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "utility" 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).
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Back To The Theme 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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