WP Resume
by Ben Balter · Uncategorized
Also makes 7 other plugins · 2.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Out-of-the-box solution to get your resume online. Built on WordPress's custom post types, it offers a uniquely familiar approach to publishing
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
F 39/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “education”, “experience” and “online reputation” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
39 health vs 58 average across 25,755 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 46.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4326 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.6.1; the current branch is 6.8
2.3★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 3.91★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4326 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 10d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 10d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| education your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| experience your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| online reputation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| personal branding your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| resume your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “education”, “experience” and “online reputation” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 105 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
11.9y ago
latest release · v2.5.7 · 28 Dec 2014
32
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 24 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 9 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Julian Foad10.1y ago
It’s working for me on WP 4.6.1. The basic idea is great — maintaining CV information in structured records, then displaying it using semantic mark-up including microformats. In that respect it’s exactly what I wanted. It works well enough to display my basic CV. I quickly found some rough edges (e.g. empty contact data elements when I choose not to include contact data) and bugs (e.g. a start/end date given as just a year like ‘2010’ is converted to today’s date) and features lacking (e.g. no place to add an employer’s logo; contact info format is extremely limited). It outputs only Microformats v1 hResume, not Microformats 2 h-resume.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ staze11.5y ago
It works quite well once you figure it out. I have no complaints.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ klanderso12.1y ago
All of a sudden this is giving me a “500 Internal Server Error” after updating to WordPress 4.0. I doubt this plugin will be updated, it’s been over a year since it was active.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Elja12.2y ago
This does not work
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Stulberger13.0y ago
If the plugin would finally leave the test phase, it would be very useful Still have a faults: errors in the Java errors in the option menue error when sorting sections and much more let me know when the plugin is useful
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Weston Wedding13.9y ago
I spent a while trying to get this plugin to even work and ultimately could not. Some of my problems might be fixable via support requests but unfortunately requests don’t get responded to for months. Ultimately it struck me that it takes more time to download and install a resume plugin than it would to just type one up in a regular page. Also; if you intend to make a skill-oriented cv rather than a cv that just rattles off your work history, this plugin isn’t really what you want.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 1 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("made for", "for developers").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,738 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "online reputation", "personal branding" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-14 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2024-11-08 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-07 200+ → 100+ down after 664 days in tier
- 2023-01-13 300+ → 200+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2023-01-06 200+ → 300+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2022-12-08 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2022-12-06 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2022-12-04 300+ → 200+ down after 5 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).
- O Orbisius Resume Organizer — installs · 3.6★ · 5 shared tags
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Resume Builder 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
HM Resume Manager 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
ProSolution WP Client 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - B BP Resume Page 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B
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