Website Toolbox Forum
by Website Toolbox LLC · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 80+ installs across the portfolio →
Effortlessly build a beautiful discussion forum with instant setup, seamless embedding, and exceptional support.
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Health
A 88/100
no flags
Active installs
70+
≈72 estimated
Momentum
+83%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Add “toolbox” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 66.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 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 13 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 21 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 13 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 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.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
28%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| toolbox | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| discussion board your tag | #7 | #12 | up 1 |
| message board your tag | #12 | #18 | down 1 |
| discussion forum | #12 | #19 | down 1 |
| forum your tag | #22 | #22 | up 2 |
| website message | #17 | #21 | — |
| discussion forum plugin | #17 | #22 | — |
| group your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 14 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “toolbox” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- One page off on “message board”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 813 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
13
releases in the last 12 months
21d ago
latest release · v2.2.3 · 13 Oct 2026
96
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “70+”. 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 over 70.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 156 days.
Install history since 27 May 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.2.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.1 Website Toolbox Community <= 2.0.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via websitetoolbox_username ↗2024-12-11 CVE-2024-12338 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0.1 Patched in 2.0.2
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.
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 3 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Effortlessly build a beautiful discussion forum with instant setup, seamless embedding, and exceptional sup..."
- ✓ 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,437 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 4 tags appear in the text ("discussion board", "group", "message board" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 60+ → 70+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 50+ → 60+ up after 43 days in tier
- 2026-06-25 60+ → 50+ down after 60 days in tier
- 2026-04-26 70+ → 60+ down after 28 days in tier
- 2026-03-29 80+ → 70+ down after 39 days in tier
- 2026-02-18 90+ → 80+ down after 33 days in tier
- 2026-01-16 80+ → 90+ up after 56 days in tier
- 2025-11-21 90+ → 80+ down after 119 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).
- G Group Forum Crumbs 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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bbPress 100K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
wpForo Forum 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Asgaros Forum 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A - P Private groups 1K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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