Uptime Robot Plugin for WordPress
by Aphotrax · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 680+ installs across the portfolio →
View your uptime stats/logs within WordPress (dashboard), and if desired on pages, posts or in a widget.
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
F 39/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
600+
≈680 estimated
Momentum
+50%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “uptimerobot”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 24.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,785 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1357 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 7.1
4.1★ over 10 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: Last updated 1357 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 21d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 21d
+0.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| uptime robot | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| uptimerobot your tag | #13 | #7 | down 4 |
| monitoring your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| uptime your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 1 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
- One page off on “uptimerobot”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “monitoring”, “pages” and “posts” 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 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 427 · peaks are release surges
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
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.
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
3.7y ago
latest release · v2.3 · 16 Feb 2023
79
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.5 years 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 14 Aug 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Andrew Meador3.7y ago
I just integrated this into our WordPress site and it works fine. I used the Read-Only API key from Uptime Robot – although the instructions said to use the Main API key. I don’t like to open more permissions than are needed so was happy that it could use the Read-Only key. I would like to turn off the columns for % uptime over the last n timeframes, but don’t see an option to do this. Not a big deal I suppose. But that is why I took off a star, a little more flexibility in that arena would be better. I had no issues with it causing any kind of layout/formatting/CSS type issues on my implementation. This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by Andrew Meador.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ novakpeter4.3y ago
Just empty pages. Needs upgrading badly, is very outdated.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Torben Utoft Petersen7.2y ago
Great work. Only thing I miss is a shortcode for only showing “Up/DOWN” Maybe it’s there, and I just didn’t find it. 😉 P.S. I just did the translation into Danish. Now waiting for it to be approved. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ noodweerenelux9.8y ago
Great plugin! Thanks Niels.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ blago10.0y ago
The dashboard widget of this plugin interferes with the style and working of existing widgets, making the wp dashboard freeze – so: unusable, uninstalled it. CSS issue? Untested? I installed another Uptime Robot plugin and that just works fine.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sc456a10.2y ago
Works as advertised. We were able integrate it into our user interface to provide our members with great reporting data right on our site. Now they can check and see if their site is down or what their uptime is without having to open a ticket!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ convictedvapour10.9y ago
Excellent fully working and buzzing about using. Now I am going to customise this bad boy and voila! Would recommend to all very much indeed. Easy to use and setup including getting an account. Absolute class and it’s free!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ keanepw11.1y ago
Custom themes will need to edit the code. Here’s the status php file edited to work with custom themes. The issue was data would appear at the top of the page because echo is being used instead of return. https://gist.github.com/KeanePW/71048d8fbd09598891fc
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence3 open vulnerabilities affect the current version (2.3). 0 of 3 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 Uptime Robot Plugin for WordPress <= 2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-03-31 CVE-2025-31562 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.3 No patch available
- Open Medium · 6.5 Uptime Robot Plugin for WordPress <= 2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection ↗2025-03-31 CVE-2025-31547 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 2.3 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.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 128 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 104 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 980 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "monitoring" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-04-27 500+ → 600+ up after 206 days in tier
- 2022-10-03 600+ → 500+ down after 577 days in tier
- 2021-03-05 800+ → 600+ down after 620 days in tier
- 2019-06-24 300+ → 800+ up after 1191 days in tier
- 2016-03-20 200+ → 300+ up
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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Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Posts in Page 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
No Page Comment 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Bulk Datetime Change 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
LH Archived Post Status 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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