Star Rating Field For Gravity Forms
by howdytheme · Forms
Also makes 19 other plugins · 5.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add an interactive star rating field to any Gravity Forms form. Collect star-based feedback with 12 icon styles, a cancel button, custom notices, and …
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈180 estimated
Momentum
+8%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “feedback form” for “star”. “feedback form” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “star” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 65 average across 2,517 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 2.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,671 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 127 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
4.0★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| rating field your tag | #10 | #24 | down 2 |
| star rating your tag | #18 | #24 | down 4 |
| star | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| 5 star rating | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| feedback form your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gravity forms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gravity forms addon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “feedback form” for “star”. “feedback form” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “star” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 17 Apr 2024 · 930 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 229 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 1 Nov 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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 80% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Apr 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Netzialist1.4y ago
The stars don’t show up in editor view. So I thought the free version wasn’t working and I paid the developer. No stars in the editor either. Turns out, the stars only show up in preview mode.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ techsoldd1.4y ago
This works great thanks except; It does not work on my Gravity Form “preview” – maybe that’s why someone gave it 1 star saying it does nothing? You need to actually test the form on a real website page. It would be a good idea to make some notes here on the plugin page describing the “Free” features – ie. can only have 5 stars, red/blue only – versus “Pro” features.
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 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 "Add an interactive star rating field to any Gravity Forms form. Collect star-based feedback with 12 icon st..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 13 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 13 of 13 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use case", "perfect for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gravity Forms.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,387 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "gravity forms addon" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-17 90+ → 100+ up after 50 days in tier
- 2024-10-28 80+ → 90+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2024-10-09 70+ → 80+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2024-10-04 60+ → 70+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2024-09-19 50+ → 60+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2024-08-29 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-08-26 30+ → 40+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2024-08-05 20+ → 30+ up after 39 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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Prisma Stars – Reviews & Testimonials — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
YASR – Yet Another Star Rating Plugin for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C -
Real Time Validation for Gravity Forms 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D -
Retrigger Notifications Gravity Forms 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
Star Rating Block for Block Editor 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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