SmartyAds
by SmartyAds · Uncategorized
SmartyAds easy-to-install plugin allows efficient monetization of your WordPress built website or blog.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
+29%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “ad”, “ads” and “advertising” 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.
43 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 1.9K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4394 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4394 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ad your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| advertising your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| banners your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cpm your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “ad”, “ads” and “advertising” 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
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 46 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 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.
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
12.0y ago
latest release · v1.1 · 20 Oct 2014
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ meganadler1310.2y ago
Worked good, until now. Years passed by, and the plugin stopped being updated. If you come back and give support, I will recommend to all: very easy to use and friendly interface
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ saintblue12.0y ago
There is absolutely nothing here you need. The plugin requires you to sign-up for a site, then each of your sites needs to be approved before you can even start serving ads. Their site requires you to do so much back-end work, you could have coded your own plugin by the time you sort it out. The ad content was very spammy, and had nothing to do with my site in any way. This completely negated the entire approval process, and just showed this to be a bigger waste of time than I had originally thought it to be. CrankyAds was another recent plugin with basically the same set-up. Didn’t work out too well for them, and I expect the same here very soon. Don’t waste your time. Use Wp-Insert instead. If you can’t get an affiliate account through Adsense, Cb, Chitika, Cj, Ratukan, or Peerfly, you don’t need to be building sites anyway.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "SmartyAds easy-to-install plugin allows efficient monetization of your WordPress built website or blog."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 608 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "banners", "cpm" do not.
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).
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Meks Easy Ads Widget 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
The Moneytizer 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
In-Post Ads 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
AdPlugg WordPress Ad Plugin 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A - C CS Shop 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Corner Ad 300+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
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