Simplebooklet PDF Viewer and Embedder

by simplebooklet · Uncategorized

Also makes 1 other plugin · 700+ installs across the portfolio →

Add a flip booklet onto your wordpress page.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews

Health

C 63/100

Stale · Few reviews

Active installs

700+

≈720 estimated

Momentum

+19%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “pdf” and “pdf viewer” 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.

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How scoring works →

63 Health · C

Maintenance 37/100

Rating quality 70/100

Support 70/100

Security 96/100

63 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins

700+

Active installs

≈720 estimated

13.8K

Total downloads

since 2012 · 5.1% still active

3.8/5

Rating

3.0 on wp.org · 1 reviews

+19%

254

Downloads · 30d

category median +9%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

5.1%

of downloads still active

At least 700 of 13.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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.

Ratings · 1 reviews

Details

Version: 1.1.4
Last updated: 1.6y ago
Added: 2012-09-05 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP: 3.0
Tested up to: 6.7.11
Requires PHP: —

Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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.

72 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 45/100

Updated 592 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 50/100

3.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 592 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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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.

Momentum

Losing ground

-1.2

Velocity

places per keyword, 18d

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 18d

+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
simplebooklet your tag	#1	#1	0
booklet your tag	#5	#17	down 2
flip book your tag	#24	#24	0
pdf to flip book	#22	#24	down 3
pdf your tag	Not in the top 24
pdf viewer your tag	Not in the top 24

6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

“pdf” and “pdf viewer” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+19% vs prior 30d

1131 Oct 2026

3001500

1131 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 856 · peaks are release surges

25131 Oct 2026

1K5000

25131 Oct 2026

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

Simplebooklet PDF Vi · #7919youPDF Embedder · #190DearFlip · #2783D FlipBook · #562

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

6331 Oct 2026

756045

6331 Oct 2026

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.

35931 Oct 2026

1.5K7500

35931 Oct 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year

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.

releases in the last 12 months

1.6y ago

latest release · v1.1.4 · 18 Mar 2025

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.4 · 18 Mar 20251.1.3 · 17 Feb 20251.1.2 · 28 Dec 2024

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% 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 97%

v1.0 2.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

700–800 ≈720

Crossed into this band 58 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 700.

At the current install trend, crossing 800+ in roughly 185 days.

Install history since 1 Oct 2022

70031 Oct 2026

8004000

70031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ ravenfaust
4.7y ago

Yes this plugin does work, but if you have a light background you users wont see the arrow to change the page. There are some issues on themes where the arrow does not show for the control to flip pages back and forth. Make sure you use a dark background.
Read on wp.org ↗

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

All 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.1.4). Sites still on an older version should update.

Patched Medium · 6.4 Simplebooklet PDF Viewer and Embedder <= 1.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗

2025-03-27 CVE-2025-30922 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.2 Patched in 1.1.3
Patched Medium · 6.4 Simplebooklet PDF Viewer and Embedder <= 1.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗

2025-02-17 CVE-2024-13588 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.2 Patched in 1.1.3

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

✓ 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

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 26 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

✓ Says what it does "Add a flip booklet onto your wordpress page."
! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
! 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
✓ Enough to quote 1,075 characters of description.
✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "pdf viewer" does not.

Growth timeline

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

2026-09-03 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
2026-09-02 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
2026-09-01 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
2026-08-30 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
2026-08-29 600+ → 700+ up after 5 days in tier
2026-08-24 700+ → 600+ down after 72 days in tier
2026-06-13 600+ → 700+ up after 535 days in tier
2024-12-25 500+ → 600+ up after 2 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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Simplebooklet PDF Viewer and Embedder: 700+ active installs, 3.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simplebooklet

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