Version Pilot – Plugin Update Manager
by wowown · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 30+ installs across the portfolio →
Provides an efficient, secure, and user-friendly version update mechanism for non-official WordPress plugins.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “auto update”, “custom updater” and “plugin updater” 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.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
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: Rating quality
Updated 421 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| auto update your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom updater your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| plugin updater your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| self hosted your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| version control your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “auto update”, “custom updater” and “plugin updater” 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 10 Jul 2025 · 479 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 74 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #49,700 to #68,000, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 10 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 21 Oct 2026.
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 · v2.1.0 · 5 Sep 2025
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 9 Jul 2025
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Provides an efficient, secure, and user-friendly version update mechanism for non-official WordPress plugins."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 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 REST API.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,059 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("auto-update", "custom-updater", "plugin updater", "self hosted", "version control" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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RoboMaintainer – Safe Plugin Auto-Updates — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
BuddyPress 90K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Disable auto-update Email Notifications 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
Disable Updates – Updates Manager, Disable Automatic Updates, Disable All Updates 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A - W WP Auto Updater 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B
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Push Notifications by LaraPush 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C
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