Better RSS Feeds
by Waterloo Plugins · Content & Feeds
Also makes 1 other plugin · 190+ installs across the portfolio →
Better RSS Feeds improves the appearance of your RSS feeds.
39 health vs 60 average across 778 Content & Feeds plugins
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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.26, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2551 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 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
100
now · peak 184
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 76% 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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-05-27 · 1,391 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 ↗- ★★★★★ Jochen Gererstorfer6.0y ago
Great Plugin, I hope you will update it in the future.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ladislavsulc9.2y ago
My VPS provider just stopped my high traffic magazine because of this plugin (look for the folder linklove), it sends spam / get rid of it and do not install!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vincurekf9.4y ago
This plugin generates spam links and that results in Google blocking your site or giving it bad reputation in search results. Don’t install, it’s not worth it. I have been having problems wit this plugin for 5 months now. Complete garbage.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ madderose9.4y ago
This plugin is now garbage. It’s stopping any robot from crawling your site. Should be deleted from the store.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ josephsb9.5y ago
This plugin contains spam links which are injected into your website. It basically kills your search rankings. In my case it linked to wptutor.io with text that said Powered By Wp Tutor.io Took me 5 months to find out this plugin was responsible. Why would someone do stuff like this is beyond me.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ardant9.5y ago
The following bug causes 500 errors to show to Google/Yahoo/Bing crawlers meaning the whole site will be unindexed. PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_user_logged_in() in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/xslt/xslt.php on line 50 A fix is to add this line to the top of the xslt.php file. include_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-includes/pluggable.php’);
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Beej9.6y ago
This plugin is of limited utility. However, in one of its updates, it managed to completely block crawlers from indexing my site. Nearly cost me my job. Goodbye, Bitter RSS Feeds!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Brullworfel9.7y ago
It’s very strange, but after plugin activating google bots can’t get ANY page on the site. In server logs http error 500 for all google bot requests. It’s ok for real users requests and it’s ok for google after plugin deactivating. Sorry. This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by Brullworfel.
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-09-06 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-05 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-04 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-03 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-02 200+ → 100+ down after 500 days in tier
- 2023-04-21 300+ → 200+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2023-04-09 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-04-08 300+ → 200+ down
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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Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Featured Image in RSS Feed by MailerLite 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
RSS Feed Pro 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
RSS for Yandex Turbo 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
RSS Includes Pages 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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