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Tripadvisor Shortcode

by kevin heath · Uncategorized

Also makes 2 other plugins · 8.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

I have been told by TripAdvisor that they are about to turn off the business owner rss feeds. This plugin no longer works.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 68/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, well behind 6.8.

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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4514 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+58% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

52

now · peak 899

5230d downloads · Aug 26

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

Tripadvisor Shortcod · #13554 you WP Tripadvisor Revie · #1345 Booking.com Official · #4491 Tock Widget · #9973

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.3Stars · Aug 26

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.

520per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

12.4y ago

latest release · v2.2

4

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.2 · 12.4y ago2.1 · 13.2y ago2.0 · 14.0y ago1.0 · 14.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v2.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈160

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2021-08-17 · 1,376 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
2.2
Last updated
12.4y ago
Added
2012-09-02 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
3.7.41
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. neerajred
    10.5y ago

    i just want display only review rating on my hotels page. http://botb.redfoxmailer.com/restaurants/villandry-great-portland-street/

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  2. Rossi Remy
    13.0y ago

    By the simple fact that this plugin exist, this is GREAT!!! Extremely simple to use even for WordPress newbies. I just had the idea: “would be good to have the reviews from TripAdvisor on the Testimonials’s page”. I google it, few minutes later it was done. Thanks this plugin. Now, as a constructive comment. It would be good to have a little bit more options such as display of the rating (e.g.). Currently, on the top left, you have the TripAdvisor logo, it would be good to have on the top right the rating, number of Stars, %, etc. But no complain because at least the plugin exist and works just fine… I hope than eventually, the dear and generous author will take consideration of these comments and update it accordingly. I give it 4 stars well deserved and would give it 5 if more option(s). Greeting and regards, Remy

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  3. djskafish
    13.1y ago

    Great to see that someone cares about WordPress users that depend upon TripAdvisor for their businesses. This app simply displays a list of the last 10 reviews from TripAdvisor, with the same formatting that your page’s css would apply to the rest of your pages. I do have a few issues: the ratings bubbles don’t display, instead you get a tiny icon that is basically unreadable. The overall rating isn’t displayed, and the “ratings in other languages” parts shows some undefined characters (that little square with a question mark) for words with accents or letters that aren’t in the English language. Looking forward to updates, as this could be a great plugin!

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  4. tinus2
    13.8y ago

    what is the advantage of this plugin over the stock TA widget? Just more review extracts? It has the potential to truly excel by making links nofollow and extract the full review (though that might be against TOS), sorting reviews by language and including the pictures of the profiles. As long as this is not the case, I will use an RSS importer to do that job…

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

  1. 2025-08-25 CVE-2025-48313 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.2 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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-01-17 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-16 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-01-15 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
  4. 2026-01-11 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-01-10 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2026-01-08 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-01-07 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
  8. 2026-01-05 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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Tripadvisor Shortcode: 100+ active installs, 3.3★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/tripadvisor-shortcode