SignalKit — Google News Publisher Banners, Lead Generation & Engagement
by N4nion · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · — installs across the portfolio →
Grow your Google News audience with smart follow banners, preferred source prompts, and lead generation forms. Increase subscribers, capture emails, a …
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
+31%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “banners”, “engagement” and “google news” 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.
81 health vs 58 average across 25,736 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 125 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| google publisher center | #22 | #23 | up 1 |
| banners your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| engagement your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google news your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| lead generation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| news publisher your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “banners”, “engagement” and “google news” 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 14 Jun 2026 · 139 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 125 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #49,700 to #68,000, 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 21 Oct 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
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
4mo ago
latest release · v2.0.4 · 28 Jun 2026
2
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 15 Jun 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ slimshafin4mo ago
I recently tested out SignalKit, and if you run a heavy content site or a Google News publication, it’s actually a breath of fresh air. Most engagement plugins out there are bloated, e-commerce-focused popup builders that completely ruin the reading experience. SignalKit does the exact opposite. It uses clean, non-intrusive banners to get readers to follow you on Google News or sign up for a newsletter. As a nice bonus for UX, it has built-in collision detection—meaning its banners won’t overlap with your ads or cookie notices on mobile screens. I also love that it doesn’t drag down site speed. It relies on inline CSS, keeps all the analytics local to your WordPress dashboard (zero GDPR/cookie headaches), and lets you drop banners directly into articles using shortcodes. The only catch: It’s a very new plugin with a low install count right now, so you are definitely an early adopter. But if you want a fast, privacy-friendly way to build your publication’s audience without annoying your readers, it’s absolutely worth testing out on a staging site.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
7 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 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("who want", "perfect for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Cloudflare, WP Rocket, LiteSpeed.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,093 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
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