Simple Pin It Button for Pinterest
by Sohel Rana · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add a customizable Pinterest "Pin It" or "Save It" button to images in your posts.
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Health
B 70/100
Few reviews
Active installs
3K+
≈3.5K estimated
Momentum
-1%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 52/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Install conversion
How it's measured →24%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 12.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,785 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 1 release 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 333 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11; the current branch is 7.1
4.5★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pin it button your tag | #2 | #16 | 0 |
| pin images your tag | #2 | #15 | 0 |
| customizable pin it button your tag | #2 | #10 | 0 |
| pin it | #3 | #17 | 0 |
| pin | #3 | #16 | 0 |
| pinterest pin | #4 | #18 | down 1 |
| #7 | #22 | down 1 | |
| save it button your tag | #8 | #21 | down 1 |
| add pin button | #3 | #16 | 0 |
| pin to pinterest | #4 | #17 | down 1 |
| pin posts | #5 | #19 | 0 |
| add pinterest button | #7 | #21 | down 1 |
| pinterest plugin | #9 | #21 | down 2 |
| wordpress pinterest | #10 | #22 | down 1 |
| wordpress pinterest plugin | #13 | #22 | down 1 |
| pinterest plugin wordpress | #14 | #22 | down 2 |
22 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Already on top for “pin it”. #3 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 14 Jan 2025 · 659 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.7K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
1
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v1.2 · 6 Dec 2025
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 54% of the way through.
Install history since 13 Jan 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ megandorn1.2y ago
Appreciate how lightweight this plugin is and the overall look. Having an issue, however, with the Pin button on images in a Gallery. The button ends up covering the entire images vs floating nicely in the corner. Got a fix for that issue?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tigermadison1.8y ago
Excellent plugin to show a ‘Pin it’ or ‘Save’ image to Pinterest. Great, light weight and simple solution to get the job done.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add a customizable Pinterest "Pin It" or "Save It" button to images in your posts."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Pinterest.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 480 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 4 tags appear in the text ("customizable pin it button", "pin images", "save it button" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-22 2K+ → 3K+ up after 137 days in tier
- 2025-12-06 1K+ → 2K+ up after 147 days in tier
- 2025-07-12 900+ → 1K+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2025-06-19 800+ → 900+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2025-06-01 700+ → 800+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2025-05-10 600+ → 700+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2025-04-20 500+ → 600+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2025-04-09 400+ → 500+ up after 12 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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