Service Box
by Themepoints · Uncategorized
Also makes 17 other plugins · 9.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Service Box WordPress plugin allows you to easily create visually stunning content boxes with icons and engaging hover effects, making it perfect …
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Health
A 87/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
-13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 54/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
87 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 30.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,768 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.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 61 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
7%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| service box your tag | #2 | #9 | 0 |
| service your tag | #3 | #15 | up 2 |
| info box your tag | #8 | #20 | 0 |
| icon box your tag | #17 | #21 | down 2 |
| box your tag | #24 | #20 | 0 |
| services | #22 | #22 | up 2 |
| hover box | #22 | #22 | down 1 |
20 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 13 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 802 · 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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v2.0.8 · 31 Aug 2026
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 64% 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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 years ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Feb 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ yeknafar4.6y ago
I am using it for years.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alfonsmala8.9y ago
The plugin works great, the only suggestion by me is to add some more hover elements but is great.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ eddiemisom9.4y ago
This plugin is doing a really good job for me, I definitely recommend it so far.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.0.8). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Service Box <= 1.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-01-06 CVE-2024-12699 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.9 Patched in 2.0
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 HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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
3 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 "The Service Box WordPress plugin allows you to easily create visually stunning content boxes with icons and..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,581 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "icon box", "info box" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-10-27 500+ → 400+ down after 540 days in tier
- 2023-05-06 600+ → 500+ down after 173 days in tier
- 2022-11-14 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2022-11-12 600+ → 700+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2022-11-08 700+ → 600+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2022-11-05 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-11-04 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-11-03 600+ → 700+ up after 4 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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Service Box – Icon Box Showcase 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
Colorbox Panels & Info Box 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
Infobox 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Service Showcase 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Service Box Slider 400+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Wp Service Box 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Drop a live Pulse card for Service Box into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
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