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Strong Testimonials

by WP Chill · Forms

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An easy-to-use testimonial plugin to collect and show customer feedback in WordPress

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M WP Mayor reviewed this plugin Strong Testimonials: How To Add Testimonials To Your Website Read review ↗

Health

A 88/100

no flags

Active installs

80K+

≈89K estimated

Momentum

-4%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Add “collect” and “ratings” to your wp.org tags. You rank #15 and #23 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.

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88 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 95/100
Support 70/100
Security 75/100

88 health vs 65 average across 2,510 Forms plugins

80K+

Active installs

≈89K estimated

5.7M

Total downloads

since 2014 · 1.4% still active

4.8/5

Rating

614 reviews

-4%

195.5K

Downloads · 30d

category median +15%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.4%

of downloads still active

At least 80K of 5.7M lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.3%, across 1,667 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.

This plugin shipped 22 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.

Ratings · 614 reviews

Read on wp.org ↗
5★
559 4★
25 3★
6 2★
8 1★
16

Details

Version
3.3.16
Last updated
4d ago
Added
2014-05-21 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
5.2
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
5.6
Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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.

97 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100

Updated 4 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 95/100

4.8★ over 614 reviews, smoothed to 4.75★

Listing tuning 92/100

4 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Support resolution 100/100

2 of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-4% vs prior 30d
2.1K31 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 252.8K · peaks are release surges

196.1K31 Oct 2026

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

Strong Testimonials · #507youkk Star Ratings · #593Testimonial · #1108Review & testimonial · #6106

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

8831 Oct 2026

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.

2.5K31 Oct 2026

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

22

releases in the last 12 months

4d ago

latest release · v3.3.16 · 27 Oct 2026

109

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.3.16 · 27 Oct 20263.3.15 · 20 Oct 20263.3.14 · 19 Oct 20263.3.13 · 13 Oct 20263.3.12 · 24 Sep 20263.3.11 · 23 Sep 20263.3.10 · 18 Sep 20263.3.9 · 17 Sep 20263.3.8 · 16 Sep 20263.3.7 · 7 Sep 20263.3.6 · 14 Aug 20263.3.5 · 3 Aug 20263.3.4 · 27 Jul 20263.3.3 · 20 Jul 2026

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 50% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v3.3 50%
v3.2 29%
v3.1 9.8%
Older / other versions 11%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “80K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
80K–90K ≈89K

Crossed into this band 46 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 90K.

Install history since 10 Oct 2021

80K31 Oct 2026

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 3.3.3 Added: New default Display and Form templates that inherit the active theme’s styles. Fixed: Scoped global .disabled CSS rule. 3.3.3
  2. — Version 3.3.2 Added: Admin notice if the used tempalte is no longer valid. Added: Upsell for the Video extension. 3.3.2
  3. — Version 3.3.1 Fixed: Multiple undefined array key PHP warnings. Fixed: Wrong product name in REST API error response. Fixed: CPT and taxonomy rewrite slugs should not be translatable. = 3.3.0 – 21.05.2026 – – Added: Support for extens 3.3.1
  4. — Version 3.3.4 Fixed: Extensions REST endpoint being cached by page caching plugins, causing stale extension states. Fixed: Single template content could leak into other areas of the page that also run the the_content filter. 3.3.4
  5. — Version 3.3.5 Fixed: “Enable comments for testimonials” setting not working. Fixed: Saving Properties settings could reset other tabs. 3.3.5
  6. — Version 3.3.6 Fixed: Masonry column widths could be overridden by the template’s default CSS. Fixed: Star rating icons could be invisible when rendered without inline SVG support. 3.3.6

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

All 23 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.3.16). Sites still on an older version should update.

  1. Patched Medium · 4.3 Strong Testimonials <= 3.3.14 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2026-10-22 CVE-2026-112843 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.3.14 Patched in 3.3.15
  2. Patched High · 7.2 Strong Testimonials <= 3.3.12 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2026-10-19 CVE-2026-107435 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.3.12 Patched in 3.3.13
  3. Patched High · 7.5 Strong Testimonials <= 3.3.12 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection ↗
    2026-10-16 CVE-2026-107436 Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affects <= 3.3.12 Patched in 3.3.13
  4. Patched Medium · 4.3 Strong Testimonials <= 3.3.12 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2026-10-15 CVE-2026-109897 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.3.12 Patched in 3.3.13
  5. Patched Medium · 4.3 Strong Testimonials <= 3.3.12 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2026-10-15 CVE-2026-110371 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.3.12 Patched in 3.3.13
  6. Patched High · 7.2 Strong Testimonials <= 3.3.11 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'platform_user_photo' Custom Field ↗
    2026-10-02 CVE-2026-96650 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.3.11 Patched in 3.3.12
  7. Patched Medium · 6.4 Strong Testimonials <= 3.3.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2026-09-30 CVE-2026-97286 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.3.11 Patched in 3.3.12
  8. Patched Medium · 6.4 Strong Testimonials <= 3.3.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'lightbox_class' Shortcode Attribute ↗
    2026-09-17 CVE-2026-92622 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.3.8 Patched in 3.3.9
  9. Patched Medium · 6.4 Strong Testimonials <= 3.2.21 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via testimonial_view Shortcode ↗
    2026-04-07 CVE-2026-3239 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.21 Patched in 3.2.22
  10. Patched Medium · 4.3 Strong Testimonials <= 3.2.18 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Rating Meta Update ↗
    2025-12-29 CVE-2025-14426 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.2.18 Patched in 3.2.19
  11. Patched Medium · 4.3 Strong Testimonials <= 3.2.20 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2025-12-28 CVE-2026-24957 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.2.20 Patched in 3.2.21
  12. Patched Medium · 4.3 Strong Testimonials <= 3.2.16 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution ↗
    2025-11-05 CVE-2025-11268 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.16 Patched in 3.2.17
  13. Patched Medium · 6.4 Strong Testimonials <= 3.2.11 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Fields ↗
    2025-07-14 CVE-2025-7367 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.11 Patched in 3.2.12
  14. Patched Medium · 5.3 Strong Testimonials <= 3.2.3 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2025-02-23 CVE-2025-26975 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.2.3 Patched in 3.2.4
  15. Patched Medium · 4.3 Strong Testimonials <= 3.1.16 - Missing Authorization ↗
    2024-09-30 CVE-2024-47362 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.1.16 Patched in 3.1.17
  16. Patched Medium · 4.3 Strong Testimonials <= 3.1.12 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Improper Authorization to Views Modification ↗
    2024-06-06 CVE-2023-6491 Improper Access Control Affects <= 3.1.12 Patched in 3.1.13
  17. Patched Medium · 6.4 Strong Testimonials <= 3.1.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2024-04-03 CVE-2024-3261 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.1.11 Patched in 3.1.12
  18. Patched Medium · 4.3 Strong Testimonials <= 3.1.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
    2023-12-28 CVE-2023-52123 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 3.1.10 Patched in 3.1.11
  19. Patched Medium · 6.4 Strong Testimonials <= 3.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcodes ↗
    2023-02-21 CVE-2023-26013 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.0.2 Patched in 3.0.3
  20. Patched Medium · 6.4 Strong Testimonials <= 3.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
    2023-01-10 CVE-2022-4717 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.0.2 Patched in 3.0.3
  21. Patched High · 7.5 Strong Testimonials <= 2.51.2 - Authorization Bypass ↗
    2021-06-30 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.51.2 Patched in 2.51.3
  22. Patched Medium · 6.1 Strong Testimonials <= 2.40.0 - Stored Cross Site Scripting ↗
    2020-02-01 CVE-2020-8549 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.40.0 Patched in 2.40.1
  23. Patched Medium · 6.1 Strong Testimonials <= 2.31.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2018-07-24 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.31.4 Patched in 2.31.5

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CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✕ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 129 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Dutch (Formal) 99%
Dutch 98%
English (UK) 98%
Dutch (Belgium) 82%
German 71%
Polish 71%
French (France) 61%
Russian 55%
Swedish 50%
Arabic 49%
Spanish (Chile) 45%
Portuguese (Brazil) 40%
Spanish (Spain) 40%
Romanian 39%
Ukrainian 27%
Japanese 13%
English (Canada) 10%
Greek 10%
Italian 10%
Catalan 9%
Chinese (China) 9%
Croatian 9%
Danish 9%
Hebrew 9%

Plus 105 more locales with partial translations.

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

7 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "An easy-to-use testimonial plugin to collect and show customer feedback in WordPress"
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 15 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 15 of 15 read like questions a user would type.
  • ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "if you want", "use this").
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, YouTube, Twitter.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 10 headings and 3 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 5,487 characters of description.
  • ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 4 tags appear in the text ("star ratings", "testimonial form", "testimonials slider" missing).

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-09-15 90K+ → 80K+ down after 320 days in tier
  2. 2025-10-30 100K+ → 90K+ down after 1904 days in tier
  3. 2020-08-13 90K+ → 100K+ up after 344 days in tier
  4. 2019-09-04 80K+ → 90K+ up after 169 days in tier
  5. 2019-03-19 70K+ → 80K+ up after 107 days in tier
  6. 2018-12-02 60K+ → 70K+ up after 123 days in tier
  7. 2018-08-01 50K+ → 60K+ up after 92 days in tier
  8. 2018-05-01 40K+ → 50K+ up after 89 days in tier

Competes with

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