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SEO Meta Description Updater

by Joby Joseph · SEO

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A simple plugin to update SEO meta descriptions via the WordPress REST API.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
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63 Health · C
Maintenance 49/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

63 health vs 64 average across 1,223 SEO plugins

400+

Active installs

≈490 estimated

1.4K

Total downloads

since 2025

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+47%

100

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

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.

74 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 56/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 477 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2025-03-12 · 536 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+47% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

100

now · peak 162

9430d downloads · Aug 26

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

SEO Meta Description · #9530 you SiteSEO · #129 SmartCrawl SEO check · #1425 Simple SEO · #2064

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.

235per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.5y ago

latest release · v1.2.0

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.0 · 1.5y ago1.1.0 · 1.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
400–500 ≈490

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2025-03-11 · 528 observations

400Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.2.0
Last updated
1.3y ago
Added
2025-03-11 · 1 yr old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ uovance
    7mo ago

    I just integrated with n8n and automated everything. As I have 465 missing meta descriptions. Looking for solutions in ChatGPT, and it recommended me this plugin for the REST API, and now I updated 465 meta descriptions within 1 day. With the help of automations. Thanks to the maker. This topic was modified 6 months ago by uovance. Reason: add extra values for community about my full process how I achive this This topic was modified 6 months ago by uovance.

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

  1. Medium · 4.3 SEO Meta Description Updater <= 1.2.0 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2025-10-05 CVE-2025-62928 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.2.0 No patch available

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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-03-22 400+ → 500+ up after 9 days in tier
  2. 2025-03-13 100+ → 400+ up

Competes with

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SEO Meta Description Updater: 400+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/seo-meta-description-updater