Shamor
by Shamor Team · Uncategorized
Redirect user out of your site on Shabbat and Holiday.
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 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈490 estimated
Momentum
-8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “holidays” to your wp.org tags. You rank #24 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.5%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 5.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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 2 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 47 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 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.
27
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| jewish your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| shabbat your tag | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| jewish holiday | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| holiday | #24 | #20 | down 8 |
| holidays | #24 | #20 | down 5 |
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “holidays” to your wp.org tags. You rank #24 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 295 · 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.
2
releases in the last 12 months
1.0y ago
latest release · v1.8.3 · 23 Oct 2025
18
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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dvirsh7mo ago
לפני כמה שנים שאלתי את הרב עזרא מחפוד זצ”ל אם צריך לסגור את האתר בשבת, ואמר לי שזה הדבר הנכון לעשות – ומאז ברוך השם השתדלתי לעשות את זה כל שבתהתוסף הזה – פשוט עושה את החיים קלים – שגר ושכחאני כבר לא דואג כל סופ”ש לסגור את האתר הכל אוטומטי וזה מעולהאם אתם משתמשים בתוסף לניהול ה-“קאש” באתר אז צריך להוסיף איפוס אוטומטי לקאש כל מוצ”ש ,אחרת לפעמים החסימה נתקעת בקאש ולקוחות לא מצליחים להיכנס לאתר גם ביום ראשוןחוץ מזה: תוסף מושלםותודה רבה למפתחים
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ceel1.7y ago
פלאגין מדהים, מתחבר לאלמנטור בצורה פשוטה, תודה רבה!! כל הכבוד!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ levseltzer2.4y ago
This Plug-in does everything it promises, keeping my website closed on Shabbos and Holidays. However, today is the second day of Yom Tov, and since my site is based in Israel, it should be open. Unfortunately, it is closed, and there are no options to adjust so that my site will reopen (except by disabling the plugin and remembering to re-enable it before Shabbos). If your business depends upon your website remaining open on second day Yom Tov, just keep this in mind and maybe take the extra time to disable and then re-enable the plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dasipic3.8y ago
Perfect solution so far. Constantly updating and improving.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ witty code4.1y ago
I use this plugin for my clients and they are very happy!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Redirect user out of your site on Shabbat and Holiday."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 90 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 1 of 2 tags appear in the text; "jewish" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-20 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-19 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-18 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-17 400+ → 300+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2025-10-02 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-30 400+ → 300+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-21 400+ → 300+ down after 3 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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CalJ Shabbat Times 70+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Weekly Shabbat Times 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Shabbat Menucha — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - S Shamor — Shabbat & Holiday Site Blocker — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Oversight Shabbat — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
WP Hebrew Date 600+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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