VRTs – Visual Regression Tests
by Bleech · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Keep your WordPress websites bug-free with automatic screenshots, daily comparisons, and instant tests after WordPress and plugin updates.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈880 estimated
Momentum
+12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 62/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.6%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 22.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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.
This plugin shipped 7 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 29 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
40
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
20%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tests your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| visual regression your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| regression your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| vrts your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| visual regression testing | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| visual your tag | #5 | #9 | up 1 |
| quality assurance | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| unread | #6 | #8 | 0 |
| split test | #7 | #15 | 0 |
| test | #13 | #22 | down 3 |
| frontpage | #12 | #9 | up 4 |
| deployment | #17 | #20 | down 1 |
| visual editor | #22 | #21 | down 3 |
| pipeline | #21 | #15 | down 1 |
| snapshot | #23 | #20 | down 2 |
| snapshots | #23 | #20 | 0 |
45 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 29 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “unread”, “frontpage” and “test” (#6, #12 and #13 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 30 Nov 2022 · 1,432 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.8K · 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
7
releases in the last 12 months
29d ago
latest release · v2.2.1 · 2 Oct 2026
32
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 900.
Install history since 29 Nov 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ren2.7y ago
Being able to monitor all my sites for those strange visual changes that sometimes happen after a theme or plugin update is priceless. I’ve worked a bit with support to streamline/exclude some elements of my pages that move, like a video header or carousel or animated button, and I now have this very trustworthy tool to alert me if a site gets wonky. Beyond that, the team working on this plugin is kind and super responsive and open to feedback, which is definitely a big plus. I do have Pro, but the Free works equally as well if you don’t need to trigger manual tests (which I find useful to do after doing updates I know will cause an alert so I don’t have to wait for it the next day). Other VRT solutions I found want a bunch of money per site and that just isn’t realistic for us freelance web folks. This plugin is GREAT!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ baermktg3.5y ago
I absolutely love this tool and highly recommend it to any freelancers updating multiple sites on a regular basis. It provides a level of comfort because it will catch changes and errors automatically rather than waiting to hear from a client or scrolling way too many pages to assure no errors after updates.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ asafm73.6y ago
Simple, essential and works brilliantly. Thanks for a great tool!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ clusterchris3.9y ago
DISCLAIMER: Yes I work for the company, but I have worked for many companies and I never recommended a product which I was not convinced of. And because I still have 30+ years until retirement, the time for me to move on will come and I don’t want to undermine my credibility and come in a situation where they tell me in my new company “So, you recommended this tool, it was horrible!”And I also work in support, so the last thing I want is to have for example our clients install a tool that brings me headache. Considering all this, I can only recommend this tool. It makes monitoring a website so much easier and I already don’t want to work without it anymore.But don’t believe my words, test it yourself and you will see what I mean.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pmachart3.9y ago
tja. right now we can’t do anything with the plugin : the “add new” test button is disabled. i have tested and verified this on several wordpress installs with various sets of install plugins – including a fresh clean install. the only published version of this plugin right now is 1.0.0 which leads me to think that the four previous reviews are probably fake. one of them even has the author company name in its nickname (mykolableech) another one has only one other plugin review, and that is on another bleech plugin (skil3e) the other two reviews are by very recent accounts : both created just before posting the review. come on guys, this plugin has very promising features and huge potential. the product page on your website is very exciting. i have been waiting for the release for a long time… i even had a pagescreen monitor on your website to make sure i didn’t miss it ! (such irony) you can do better than this ! i’ll edit this review if anything changes.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ harunbasic3.9y ago
Very easy to use plugin to monitor your website for visual bugs. Disclaimer: I work at the company who built this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dr.mykola3.9y ago
It’s very convenient to track visual bugs or editor’s errors and prevent them from getting to the production site. Disclaimer: I work at the company that built this plugin and we use it for our clients websites, it does its job well. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by dr.mykola. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by dr.mykola.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Buzz0303.9y ago
It is easy to use, very helpful and such a time saver. This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Buzz030.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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 29 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 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 9 of 9 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use cases"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,053 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-19 1K+ → 800+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2026-08-04 900+ → 1K+ up after 196 days in tier
- 2026-01-20 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-19 900+ → 800+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-15 800+ → 900+ up after 28 days in tier
- 2025-12-18 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-17 800+ → 900+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2025-11-20 900+ → 800+ down 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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Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Hotjar 60K+ installs · 3.3★ · 1 shared tag D -
TinyMCE Custom Styles 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag C - D Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
- F Front-end Editor 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
- R Rewrite Rule Testing 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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