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Simple Tour Guide

by Atanas Yonkov · Login & Users

Also makes 1 other plugin · 1.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

Easily add an interactive step-by-step user guide (intro tour) for your visitors. Based on Shepherd.js (https://shepherdjs.dev/).

How scoring works →
87 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 85/100
Support 70/100

87 health vs 59 average across 1,443 Login & Users plugins

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.

93 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 69/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,428 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-10% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Sep 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

223

now · peak 923

23530d downloads · Sep 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

Simple Tour Guide · #11192 you Admin Tour · #27791 Intro Tour Tutorial · #11594 Usetiful · #14061

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Sep 26

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.

783per 1k installs · Sep 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
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.

3

releases in the last 12 months

9mo ago

latest release · v1.1.9

20

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.9 · 9mo ago1.1.8 · 9mo ago1.1.7 · 10mo ago1.1.6 · 1.2y ago1.1.5 · 1.6y ago1.1.4 · 1.6y ago1.1.3 · 1.7y ago1.1.2 · 4.4y ago1.1.1 · 4.4y ago1.1.0 · 4.4y ago1.0.9 · 4.6y ago1.0.8 · 4.7y ago1.0.7 · 4.8y ago1.0.6 · 5.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 32% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 68%
v1.2 32%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
300–400 ≈360

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-09-17 · 1,386 observations

300Installs · Sep 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.

Details

Version
1.2.0
Last updated
2mo ago
Added
2021-04-14 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
4.4
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
5.2.4

Recent reviews

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  1. silviadabne
    11mo ago

    It’s easy to use and works well on multiple pages (pro version). I had a problem with a use case and the support solved it quickly.

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  2. anastoyanova
    1.6y ago

    Very useful and easy to set up. Works for complex tours as well. Allows you to customize colors, logos and more. Overall a great plugin that simply does the job!

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  3. themeglow
    2.0y ago

    Nice plugin , save lots of time.

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  4. jaaanis
    2.0y ago

    Works super well. The only feedback I have is: It would be great if you could select wether the tour view is being saved as a cookie or on the user account. I have logged in users, and when they see clear their cookies, they will see the tour again, which is kind of annoying for them.

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  5. niall32
    3.4y ago

    The plugin is free and simple to use. However, I need to show a different set of tour steps for different pages.For example, the “Welcome to the site” message should only be visible on the home page. It should not pop up again when a user navigates to the Shop or the About page.To solve this problem, I tried to use the “Skip a step if the step is attached to an element that is not visible.” option in the settings. Unfortunately, instead of skipping the step when it cannot find the class or id in the html, it floats the step in the center of the page.And thats not what I want.So for now, I’ll have to build the tour only on the home page, which is frustrating. Multipage tours would be much appreciated.Thank you for the plugin however. It’s actually pretty handy.

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  6. Duke Snoogens
    4.6y ago

    Cool But, It doesn’t like going down and then back up the page. It prefers one direction. (down) The popup is working, but you have to scroll up to see it. Doesn’t work on :before :after tags An alternative is: Intro Tour Tutorial DeepPresentation and goes up and down anytime and has a front end editor, but its interface is not clean. BUT I’m using both on 2 different sites. They serve their purpose on each. This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Duke Snoogens. Reason: elaterite, I mean illiterate

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  7. jmchez
    4.7y ago

    A must have for anyone who actually strives to deliver a great end-user experience. The support is great…very timely and flexible. [removed link]

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  8. lunarmimi
    5.0y ago

    Lightweight and easy to use. You just need to edit a little CSS and then you’re good to go. Thanks for the wonderful plugin.

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.5 Patched in 1.0.6

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 6.9

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 6 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Bulgarian 100%
Russian 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Turkish 100%
Greek 22%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-09-01 200+ → 300+ up after 23 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-09 300+ → 200+ down after 29 days in tier
  3. 2026-07-11 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-07-10 300+ → 200+ down after 1030 days in tier
  5. 2023-09-14 200+ → 300+ up after 239 days in tier
  6. 2023-01-18 100+ → 200+ up

Competes with

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