Project Management, Bug and Issue Tracking Plugin – Software Issue Manager
by emarket-design · Analytics
Best issue tracking, bug tracking and project management plugin. Easily manage tasks, stay organized, and track progress in WordPress.
84 health vs 64 average across 521 Analytics plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2023-06-01 · 1,142 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
166
now · peak 2.6K
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 40+ in roughly 123 days.
Install history · since 2023-05-31 · 1,141 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-04 20+ → 30+ up after 139 days in band
- 2025-12-16 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-12-13 20+ → 30+ up after 96 days in band
- 2025-09-08 10+ → 20+ up after 10 days in band
- 2025-08-29 20+ → 10+ down after 14 days in band
- 2025-08-15 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-08-09 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-08 30+ → 20+ down after 304 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker 6K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
FluentBoards – Project Management, Task Management, Goal Tracking, Kanban Board, and, Team Collaboration 6K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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Advanced Post Manager 4K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag C -
Marker.io – Visual Website Feedback 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B
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BugHerd 3K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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