WhoKnew Signal – Self-Hosted Web Push Notifications & PWA
by WhoKnew.io · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 80+ installs across the portfolio →
Truly self-hosted web push and PWA for WordPress -- iOS, Android, Chrome, Safari. No SaaS, no Firebase, no monthly fees.
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
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈40 estimated
Momentum
+50%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “self hosted” for “push”. “self hosted” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “push” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.3%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 748 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,786 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.
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 19 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
60
Momentum
Gaining ground
+1.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
66%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pwa your tag | #8 | #14 | up 3 |
| web push notifications | #15 | #22 | up 3 |
| push notifications your tag | #15 | #20 | up 3 |
| firebase | #12 | #16 | up 1 |
| one signal | #6 | #22 | up 1 |
| progressive web app your tag | #17 | #18 | 0 |
| web push your tag | #19 | #22 | up 2 |
| self hosted your tag | #23 | #22 | 0 |
| push | #24 | #21 | 0 |
| wordpress pwa | #8 | #14 | up 1 |
| firefox push notifications | #10 | #17 | up 2 |
| chrome push notifications | #11 | #18 | up 4 |
| ios notifications | #13 | #21 | up 7 |
| chrome push | #12 | #19 | up 6 |
| safari push notifications | #13 | #17 | 0 |
| android push notifications | #12 | #20 | up 1 |
| wp pwa | #12 | #15 | up 1 |
| safari push | #14 | #18 | up 2 |
| woocommerce push notifications | #14 | #21 | up 1 |
| browser push notifications | #15 | #20 | up 5 |
72 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 42 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “self hosted” for “push”. “self hosted” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “push” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “push notifications”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 28 May 2026 · 159 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 273 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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.
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 40.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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
7 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 14 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 14 of 14 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you have", "built for", "who want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Google Analytics, Twilio.
- ✓ Headings and lists 17 headings and 12 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 15,825 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "self hosted" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-03 30+ → 40+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-10-20 20+ → 30+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 10+ → 20+ 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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NotifyPress — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags -
Progressify – All-in-One Progressive Web App (PWA) 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
PushAI – Self-Hosted Web Push Notifications 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Progressive Web App – PWA, Web Push Notifications and Offline Mode 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Bildirim — Web Push Notifications — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Pushwi — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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