WP Site Verification tool
by Paul Bearne · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 5.0K+ installs across the portfolio →
A tool to enable verification of site ownership via file or meta tag.
82 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
288
now · peak 1.2K
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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.0.10
11
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-09 · 1,429 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ 3WT9.9y ago
Weak plugin. It allows you to do just one verification. This topic was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by 3WT.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ toma-tomsk10.1y ago
After long unsucessfull attempts to add meta for yandex and pinterest I was happy to find this plugin which has a very light interface and works great! Thank you! Tamara
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Erida11.7y ago
Thank you for the plugin, as for me, it’s really the best one for verification! And I have an improvement idea: I’d like to add not one but 2 and more files in case if I need to verify 2 and more services at the same site (i.e. Google and Trustwave). And Google can be veryfied by file but Trustwave by meta tag 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Paul Bearne12.4y ago
It does what it says on the tin and nothing else
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ julitasoup12.9y ago
I attempted to install this plugin multiple times and was hopeful that it would function properly; it is the only one I found on search that did what I needed it to do and had a very recent update only 3 weeks ago. Unfortunately, each time I tried to install, it returned a fatal error. I clear my browser cache, tried it in different browsers, all to no avail. I am disappointed and hope it gets fixed as it looked to be a very useful plugin. As it is now, it is completely useless.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ liton198013.0y ago
As many websites need verification, this plugin is so helpful to make it easy. Thanks for developing it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-02-05 2K+ → 1K+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2024-01-14 3K+ → 2K+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2024-01-02 4K+ → 3K+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2023-12-25 5K+ → 4K+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2023-12-13 6K+ → 5K+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2023-12-09 7K+ → 6K+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2023-11-27 8K+ → 7K+ down after 30 days in tier
- 2023-10-28 7K+ → 8K+ up after 7 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).
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SiteCare – Search Engine Visibility 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
- A Asset Queue Manager 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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