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WP Family Tree

by the_arv · Uncategorized

WP Family Tree is a graphical family tree generator plugin for Wordpress. Each family member have their own blog post.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 70/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, well behind 6.8.

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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 5/100
Rating quality 71/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3865 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+28% vs prior 30d
6Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

87

now · peak 170

8730d downloads · Sep 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 Family Tree · #13150 you Genealogical Tree · #8214 AP Family Trees · #29561 RootsPersona · #9685

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.8Stars · Sep 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.

870per 1k installs · Sep 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈150

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-09-23 · 1,384 observations

100Installs · Sep 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.

Details

Version
1.0.6
Last updated
10.6y ago
Added
2009-11-26 · 16 yrs old
Requires WP
2.8.6
Tested up to
4.4.34
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. kirabug
    2.6y ago

    Worked well when I installed it years ago, but it has stopped working now. Looks like the author has abandoned it as the plugin site no longer exists and the plugin itself hasn’t been updated in ages. Don’t install.

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  2. mecenas90
    9.2y ago

    After adding family members stopped working, no pro available, official website donesn´t exist anymore, no support, just don´t waste your time installing it.

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  3. kmnlsm
    9.8y ago

    Although there are some small problems, but it is really good, I hope to continue

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  4. rliwma
    10.5y ago

    Works great. I had difficulty to understand where and how to add famil-tree root but figured without support. I wish pro version was not $150. I will just wait for someone else to come up with a plugin in next few years …

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  5. Anonymous
    11.4y ago

    I installed this software thinking it was going to be great considering the number of downloads. The problem is that there is no support (unless you pay about 50$) and the only information you are given is “buy the pro version” for 150$. This is a total ripoff and part of what makes WordPress plugins so terrible.

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  6. mx_wp
    11.6y ago

    I had a problem installing this plugin on 4.1 and wrote Arvind and it was resolved quickly. Love that type of response, thanks Arvind!

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  7. flobogo
    12.5y ago

    The plugin works fine in 3.8.1 and it is a pleasure to see pictures when you move the mouse on the family tree. Unfortunately, it is not ready to translate so it is not very nice when visitors are not English!

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  8. sohailhussain55
    12.7y ago

    It is a nice toy, it does work But does not work well for my case where i have almost 4000 people. a) The people all show up in one page, b) the dropdown has everyone’s name in it, c) There is no security to speak off, d) there is no support for searching the data eg all family members who names begins with, etc

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-27 200+ → 100+ down after 890 days in tier
  2. 2024-01-19 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-01-18 200+ → 300+ up after 11 days in tier
  4. 2024-01-07 300+ → 200+ down

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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