Snow Storm
by Tribulant Software · Uncategorized
Also makes 6 other plugins · 17.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display falling snow flakes on the front of your WordPress website for a festive presentation.
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Health
C 68/100
Stale
Active installs
300+
≈360 estimated
Momentum
+16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “christmas” for “flakes”. “christmas” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “flakes” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
68 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 113.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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.
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: Update recency
Updated 596 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 49 reviews, smoothed to 4.35★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 596 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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| storm | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| snow storm your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| snow flakes your tag | #4 | #3 | 0 |
| flakes | #6 | #3 | 0 |
| snow | #11 | #6 | down 2 |
| falling snow your tag | #10 | #2 | 0 |
| website snow | #5 | #3 | 0 |
| festive your tag | #16 | #5 | 0 |
| christmas snow | #12 | #5 | 0 |
| falling | #19 | #8 | up 1 |
| snow falling | #10 | #3 | down 1 |
| christmas your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “christmas” for “flakes”. “christmas” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “flakes” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Under-ranked on “festive”. wp.org puts you #16; on merit you place #5. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.9K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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.
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
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
1.6y ago
latest release · v1.4.7 · 14 Mar 2025
14
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 57% of the way through.
Install history since 3 Dec 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.4.7). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2025-04-02 CVE-2025-30858 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.6 Patched in 1.4.7
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Snow Storm <= 1.4.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-03-18 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.6 Patched in 1.4.7
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 HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display falling snow flakes on the front of your WordPress website for a festive presentation."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 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 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 386 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-26 400+ → 300+ down after 68 days in tier
- 2026-03-19 500+ → 400+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2026-02-28 600+ → 500+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 700+ → 600+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-02-01 800+ → 700+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 900+ → 800+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-01-14 1K+ → 900+ down after 37 days in tier
- 2025-12-08 900+ → 1K+ up after 3 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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Christmasify! 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Rs Christmas Trees – Holiday Decorations, Christmas Garlands & Falling Snow Effect 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Festival Snow Effect 60+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B - S Snow Fall 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
- C Christmas Snow Fall 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- S Simply Snow 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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