Softaculous
by Softaculous · Backup
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Softaculous provides a single-login centralized panel where you can manage tons of your WordPress websites efficiently, unitedly as well as singularly …
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
10K+
≈15K estimated
Momentum
+0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “backup”, “manage sites” and “plugins” 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.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.0%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 143.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Backup plugin keeps 1.6%, across 286 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Backup plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 108 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| softaculous your tag | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| backup your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| manage sites your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| plugins your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sites your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “backup”, “manage sites” and “plugins” 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 11 Apr 2024 · 936 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 24.3K · peaks are release surges
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
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
Occasionally updatedHow 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
4mo ago
latest release · v2.4.1 · 17 Jul 2026
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; the previous band took 16 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Apr 2024
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.4.1 [Security Fix] A security issue that caused due to a change in v2.4.0 has been fixed in v2.4.1 [Pro] Features like, Task management, Conversation fork, Undo/Redo added. [Pro Task] Added installation option of Sharemypost 2.4.1
- — Version 2.4.0 [Task] Changes to take the CF_CONNECTING_IP for sites using Cloudflare Proxy 2.4.0
- — Version 2.3.9 [Task] Improvements to Authorized IP detection of Softaculous Cloud server 2.3.9
- — Version 2.3.8 [Feature Pro] AI Coding agent added. 2.3.8
- — Version 2.3.7 [Pro] Refactored a AI feature. 2.3.7
- — Version 2.3.6 [Pro] Added option to install the FormLayer plugin. 2.3.6
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Softaculous provides a single-login centralized panel where you can manage tons of your WordPress websites..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you want", "if you have").
- ! 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 1,779 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "manage sites" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-22 20K+ → 10K+ down after 490 days in tier
- 2024-10-20 30K+ → 20K+ down after 191 days in tier
- 2024-04-12 20K+ → 30K+ up
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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Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
ManageWP Worker 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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