text message sms plugin
by biz text · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 200+ installs across the portfolio →
text message by biz text lets your website receive and send text messages. reply to text messages from a pc or forward messages to your mobile phone.
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 57/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+26%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “receive sms”, “send sms” and “sms” 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.
57 health vs 58 average across 25,756 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 11.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,774 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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 712 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 712 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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| biz text | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| receive sms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| send sms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| text messages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “receive sms”, “send sms” and “sms” 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.
- Already on top for “biz text”. #1 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.3K · 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.
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 · 90% 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 16 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Jan 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ vytaulla511.6y ago
My client is a painting contractor who gets leads from multiple sources. He wanted the ability to get emails and website contact-form submissions sent to his phone as texts and this plugin (plus a Contact Form 7 extension) got it done! The texts can be viewed as entire “conversations” in the WordPress website admin which is really handy. Terrific plugin and service!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dennisbartel3.0y ago
Installed and set up quickly and easily.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ideahost3.4y ago
Signup page is broken, at least it is today. Not sure that BizText is still operational.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bmilleson216.1y ago
Just wow. these guys went so far above and beyond to help with integration and design. I cant say enough good things about them. Thank you so much. I have already had several customers use the feature just since we installed it yesterday afternoon. It helped me obtain 3 in-home sales appointments in that time. It’s much faster and more efficient than if I was using a standard contact form. Dennis, you rock brotha!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ paladin9526.5y ago
Been using this plugin for a while and it’s awesome.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sjmyruski6.7y ago
I am just learning about website design and I have been looking at text messaging plugins for a while. This plugin has everything that I am looking for. Customers can text me directly from my website and I can send out group messages to my current clients as well. The monthly fee is only $10 for 500 text messages and will replace the current text message plan that I have, which is double the cost for half of the messages. The best part…live customer service. Dennis from Biz Text just spent an hour on the phone setting things up. Absolutely fantastic!
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.
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 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "text message by biz text lets your website receive and send text messages. reply to text messages from a pc..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Contact Form 7, Twilio.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,869 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "receive sms", "send sms" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-16 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-15 100+ → 200+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2025-06-14 200+ → 100+ down after 117 days in tier
- 2025-02-17 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-16 200+ → 100+ down after 23 days in tier
- 2025-01-24 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-23 200+ → 100+ down after 254 days in tier
- 2024-05-14 100+ → 200+ up after 2 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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Branded SMS Pakistan 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - S SB SMS Sender 20+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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TextP2P Texting Widget 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
SMS Gateway 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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