WP Shredderchess
by Marcel Pol · Uncategorized
Also makes 17 other plugins · 81.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Widget that displays the chess puzzle from shredderchess.com.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “puzzle” for “classicpress”. “puzzle” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “classicpress” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,752 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.2%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 9K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release 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 34 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| chess puzzle your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| boardgame your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| shredderchess your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| chess your tag | #4 | #9 | 0 |
| chess widget | #2 | #7 | 0 |
| puzzle your tag | #15 | #22 | up 2 |
| classicpress | #15 | #23 | up 4 |
| puzzles | #17 | #23 | down 1 |
| club | #21 | #24 | up 1 |
| clubs | #24 | #24 | down 5 |
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “puzzle” for “classicpress”. “puzzle” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #15. “classicpress” sits at #15 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 “puzzle”. #15 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 300 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow 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
10mo ago
latest release · v1.0.7 · 10 Jan 2026
8
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 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 13 Oct 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Marcel Pol10.7y ago
Hi, a review by the author :). This is a simple widget with the puzzle from shredderchess. If you have a chess website, it can be a nice addition. [ link redacted, please do not post links in reviews ]
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Widget that displays the chess puzzle from shredderchess.com."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 274 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "boardgame" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-03 300+ → 200+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-10-28 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-27 300+ → 200+ down after 1119 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 70+ → 300+ 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).
- D Daily Chess Puzzle Widget 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
-
RPB Chessboard 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Embed Chessboard 500+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Crossword Compiler Puzzles 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
WHA Puzzle 200+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Jigsaw Planet 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for WP Shredderchess into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
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