Terms Before Download
by hiroprot · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 170+ installs across the portfolio →
Shows a popup dialog with terms and conditions (EULA) that must be accepted before a file can be downloaded
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 65/100
Stale · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
70+
≈71 estimated
Momentum
+9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “download”, “license” and “terms” 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.
65 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 5.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 446 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 446 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| eula your tag | #7 | #8 | down 1 |
| terms dialog | #9 | #20 | down 2 |
| download your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| license your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| terms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “download”, “license” and “terms” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 220 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.2y ago
latest release · v1.0.5 · 13 Aug 2025
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 70.
Install history since 27 May 2016
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.5). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 Terms Before Download <= 1.0.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-03-31 CVE-2025-31614 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.0.4 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Shows a popup dialog with terms and conditions (EULA) that must be accepted before a file can be downloaded"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Google Analytics.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,793 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "license" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-13 60+ → 70+ up after 28 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 70+ → 60+ down after 66 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 60+ down after 100 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-03-28 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-27 80+ → 70+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 70+ → 80+ up after 219 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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Complianz – Terms and Conditions 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Download Plugin 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A - E Export Media Library 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Download Monitor 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
License For Envato 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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