WP SMS Notifications
by Jeff Matson · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 50+ installs across the portfolio →
SMS notifications for WordPress Contributors: JeffMatson Tags: SMS, text messages, notifications Requires at least: 2.8 Tested up to: 4.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-12%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 0/100. Last updated 4351 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
44 health vs 58 average across 25,769 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 5.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 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.
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 4351 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
3.9★ over 7 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
0 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4351 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 7 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 64 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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 · v2.1 · 4 Dec 2014
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.1 years 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 21 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ customiseyourtrips6.7y ago
Useless plugins don’t use otherwise your website crashed
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lancem6319.9y ago
Error 500 after trying to activate on WP 4.7. Deleted plugin and all okay again.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ amikeliunas10.3y ago
This plugin crashed my site!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SiteCare12.2y ago
The plugin worked fabulously. Loved the minimal options interface and the fact that it “just worked”. Nicely done Jeff!
Read on wp.org ↗ - Read on wp.org ↗★★★★★ televizor12.3y ago
- ★★★★★ skylarkcob12.3y ago
Can I use this plugin in Vietnam?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jeffro12.3y ago
Works as advertised out of the box with limited configuration necessary. Looking forward to seeing how this plugin evolves.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
0 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 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 Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 675 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text No tags set.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-10-06 40+ → 10+ down
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