SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 44% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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

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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

1. ★★★★★ John Joannis Hatsi Osifidis

   1.8y ago

   Great Plugin, checks and helps your score progressions, as you currently update your content.

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2. ★★★★★ biolecher

   2.2y ago

   Sorry ! This is the third time that updating your plugin has deleted keywords from my product pages, descriptions and titles. Fortunately I have less than 30 products, otherwise it’s a disaster. For several years my WP site has been running with the Spa & Salon theme. I deactivate and switch to another plugin. This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by biolecher.

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3. ★★★★★ Havyarimana Fabien

   2.4y ago

   As the name suggests, Smartcrawl does its job. After I activated the plugin ,my website was able to rank more than a plugin I had used. Smartcrawl doesn’t slow a website, instead, it makes it more performance.

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4. ★★★★★ brendaha

   2.4y ago

   It’s been working great without any issues. I’m loving it. Though an interface revamp would be great.

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5. ★★★★★ olisimoes

   2.5y ago

   SmartCrawl is very user-friendly and has loads of features. I had tried a competitor’s plugin to my disappointment. SC is definitely a superior product.

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6. ★★★★★ The Old Man

   2.7y ago

   Seems very good, after several months no problems as such with it as far as I can tell. I often find with plugins from this developer that some of the useful features are a bit limited (for example in the image optimization plug-in, charging you extra for premium to create WebP images on your own VPS server). There is a useful option for this plug-in to add redirects without having to jump into CPanel or Cloudflare, but there is no way to re-order them once you have added them (which I have suggested). You can only delete them and start again to get them in the correct order necessary for them to work. The redirect regexp in the advanced section I couldn’t get working, despite a correctly working expression tested on the regex 101 website.

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7. ★★★★★ OMarcos

   2.9y ago

   Faz um bom trabalho. This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by OMarcos.

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8. ★★★★★ موقع حل دروسي

   3.2y ago

   اعجبني

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-08-19 Version 3.16.4 Fix: SEO Health scans timing out in some cases. 3.16.4
2. 2026-08-10 Version 3.16.3 Fix: Improved security and access controls for AJAX handlers. (Credit: Ezekiel Victor) 3.16.3
3. 2026-06-18 Version 3.16.2 Enhancement: Migrate SmartCrawl Metabox UI to Gutenberg Sidebar. Enhancement: Add canonical consolidation for non-translatable WPML posts. Enhancement: Add option to disable structured data (JSON-LD) for SmartCrawl bread 3.16.2
4. 2026-01-26 Version 3.15.0 Enhancement: Limit Person Schema to specific pages when Organization Schema is enabled. Enhancement: Optimize database performance by setting wds_onpage_options autoload to NO. Enhancement: Improve compatibility between 3.15.0
5. 2025-12-17 Version 3.14.6 Enhance: Miscellaneous improvements 3.14.6
6. 2025-11-20 Version 3.14.5 Enhance: Miscellaneousness improvements Fix: Duplicate homepage URLs appear in the sitemap when using WPML plugin 3.14.5

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

1. Medium · 4.3 SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer < 3.16.3 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2026-08-21 CVE-2026-16979 Missing Authorization Affects < 3.16.3 Patched in 3.16.3
2. Medium · 4.3 SmartCrawl <= 3.14.3 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-10-16 CVE-2025-62048 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.14.3 Patched in 3.14.4
3. Medium · 4.3 SmartCrawl SEO checker, analyzer & optimizer <= 3.14.3 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Update ↗
   2025-09-29 CVE-2025-11163 Improper Access Control Affects <= 3.14.3 Patched in 3.14.4
4. Medium · 5.3 SmartCrawl WordPress SEO checker, SEO analyzer, SEO optimizer <= 3.10.8 - Unauthenticated Full Path Disclosure ↗
   2024-07-09 CVE-2024-6556 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 3.10.8 Patched in 3.10.9
5. Medium · 5.3 SmartCrawl WordPress SEO checker, SEO analyzer, SEO optimizer <= 3.10.2 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2024-04-19 CVE-2024-3287 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.10.2 Patched in 3.10.3
6. Medium · 5.3 Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 3.8.2 - Unauthenticated Password Protected Post Disclosure ↗
   2023-11-23 CVE-2023-5949 Missing Authorization Affects < 3.8.3 Patched in 3.8.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 25 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 1 more locale with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

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).

• Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 4 shared tags A
• SiteSEO – SEO Simplified 500K+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags B
• SureRank SEO – Meta Tags, Social Preview, XML Sitemap, Schema & Open Graph 400K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags A
• SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 4 shared tags A
• Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A

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