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WP Sudoku Plus

by Jacob N. Breetvelt · Uncategorized

Also makes 3 other plugins · 10.3K+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin displays a sudoku puzzle diagram on your website that the visitor can try to solve.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
78 Health · B
Maintenance 87/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

78 health vs 56 average across 16,377 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.

84 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 99/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

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

+30% vs prior 30d
6Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

82

now · peak 676

8230d 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 Sudoku Plus · #15936 you Crossword Compiler P · #10992 WHA Puzzle · #11438 Solitaire Card Game · #15310

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.

820per 1k installs · Sep 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

5

releases in the last 12 months

6mo ago

latest release · v2.2

11

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.2 · 6mo ago2.1 · 7mo ago2.0 · 7mo ago1.8 · 7mo ago1.7 · 7mo ago1.6 · 1.3y ago1.5 · 2.4y ago1.1 · 6.1y ago1.2 · 6.1y ago1.3 · 6.1y ago1.4 · 6.1y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 70% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.2 70%
v1.6 17%
v1.5 13%

Estimated active installs

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

modeled estimate
100–200 ≈150

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 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
2.2
Last updated
6mo ago
Added
2016-02-02 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. stevepom
    7mo ago

    Thank you so much for the plugin – works great! It took a while before I was able to add it, but for others new to this plugin, be patient because you have to wait for the data for 200,000 puzzles to populate the load after you activate it; you will see a “. . . The response is not a valid JSON response” error message until the plugin has fully initialize.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 4 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Dutch 100%
Dutch (Formal) 88%
German (Formal) 50%
German 7%

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

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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