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WP Chosen

by John James Jacoby · Uncategorized

Also makes 22 other plugins · 331.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Make long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly.

⚠ Few reviews
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81 Health · B
Maintenance 92/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

81 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins

80+

Active installs

≈87 estimated

8.8K

Total downloads

since 2015

4.04★

Rating (adjusted)

4.3★ raw · 6 reviews

+17%

61

Downloads · 30d

category median +18%

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.

86 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+17% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

61

now · peak 156

6130d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP Chosen · #17144 you Chosen for WordPress · #15887 WP Reset Filters · #21353 Animate It! · #1119

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.3Stars · Aug 26

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.

763per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

1

releases in the last 12 months

5mo ago

latest release · v6.2.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

6.2.0 · 5mo ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 56% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v6.2 56%
v6.1 44%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
80–90 ≈87

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2016-02-06 · 1,394 observations

80Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 6 reviews

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5★
5 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
6.2.0
Last updated
5mo ago
Added
2015-10-01 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.2
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ 2006nic
    4.5y ago

    Don’t waste your time.

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  2. ★★★★★ Anonymous User
    5.4y ago

    Simple but really effective.

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  3. ★★★★★ faospark
    9.5y ago

    simple but really effective

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  4. ★★★★★ Postmatic
    10.9y ago

    Fantastic, simple, and perfectly executed implementation of Chosen. So obvious.

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  5. ★★★★★ Zack Katz
    10.9y ago

    I choo choo choose you! Great plugin, sorely needed. Best five lines of Javascript in a plugin.

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  6. ★★★★★ NSquared
    10.9y ago

    This should be in core 🙂

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more · development strings

Norwegian (Bokmål) 33%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-31 90+ → 80+ down after 107 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-16 100+ → 90+ down after 14 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-02 90+ → 100+ up after 120 days in tier
  4. 2026-01-02 100+ → 90+ down

Competes with

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