SpiceBox

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

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.

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.

9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 9 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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 · 58% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ nematkhakjoo5

   4.8y ago

   veriii ggooooddd

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2. ★★★★★ givemyresume

   6.9y ago

   Hi There! I am have updated my PHP version 7.2 to 7.3 no there is problem with my Spice Box plugin that It is not showing the customize content of my WordPress site. Is there is any one who can help in this matter? I am not a code developer so I don’t know what to do with this problem. Anyone who can resolve this issue then Please.

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3. ★★★★★ jonghj

   7.1y ago

   june 3 2020 Another update that breaks the chilly theme. Spicepress got a new feature which works fine, Chilly however shares most files with spicepress but alas.. the include file is missing from the list of include files for the chilly theme. to fix it: check spicebox.php file for the line containing (line 53): if ( ‘Chilly’ == $theme->name || ‘SpiceBlue’ == $theme->name){ then insert this line below line 53: //Alpha Color Control require( SPICEB_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/inc/controls/customizer-alpha-color-picker/class-spicepress-customize-alpha-color-control.php’); so your file will look like: if ( ‘Chilly’ == $theme->name || ‘SpiceBlue’ == $theme->name){ //Alpha Color Control require( SPICEB_PLUGIN_DIR . ‘/inc/controls/customizer-alpha-color-picker/class-spicepress-customize-alpha-color-control.php’); ========================================================= Another older issue: Today was the second time my website was badly broken by this plugin, due to the fact that there is an error in the include section.. it wants to include a file that does not exist. therefore the site throws a 500 server error. I fixed this for the first time by renaming the file in order for it to be opened. Also added that to the support pages, but today just a repetition of moves. again an update and again with the bad code. I keep fixing this manually, but spicebox is not on auto update any longer. This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by jonghj. This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by jonghj. This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by jonghj.

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4. ★★★★★ jmsdan

   7.8y ago

   No recomiendo para nada instalar este Plugin. Hace cambios no autorizados: – Te cambia el logotipo por el suyo – Te cambia la página de inicio y pone texto para hacerse publicidad…. – Te cambia el pié de página y pone su propio logotipo. No lo instales, sobre todo en producción. Te estropea todo…. ¡¡¡¡¡NADA RECOMENDABLE!!!!!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 0.1 First version of the plugin. 0.1
2. — Version 0.2 Changed plugin name spice box to spicebox. 0.2
3. — Version 0.2.1 Fixed plugin review issue. 0.2.1
4. — Version 0.2.2 String update 0.2.2
5. — Version 0.2.3 Added Theme Name 0.2.3
6. — Version 0.2.4 Added Theme Name 0.2.4

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.4.6). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.1 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ↗
   2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects 2.1.2 - 2.1.5 Patched in 2.2

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 4 languages, 3 at 90% or more

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.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-08-03 30K+ → 20K+ down after 5 days in tier
2. 2025-07-29 20K+ → 30K+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2025-07-27 30K+ → 20K+ down after 471 days in tier
4. 2024-04-12 40K+ → 30K+ down after 322 days in tier
5. 2023-05-26 50K+ → 40K+ down after 267 days in tier
6. 2022-09-01 60K+ → 50K+ down after 269 days in tier
7. 2021-12-06 50K+ → 60K+ up after 111 days in tier
8. 2021-08-17 40K+ → 50K+ up after 93 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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SpiceBox: 20K+ active installs, 3.8★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/spicebox