Yelp Bar

by Noel Tock · Uncategorized

Also makes 2 other plugins · 240+ installs across the portfolio →

A powerful bar that shows Yelp Rating & Reviews at the top of any WordPress theme, provides instant credibility.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

Health

D 47/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews

Active installs

40+

≈40 estimated

Momentum

-17%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “places”, “rating” and “yelp” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

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How scoring works →

47 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 82/100

Support 70/100

47 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins

40+

Active installs

≈40 estimated

12.9K

Total downloads

since 2011 · 0.3% still active

4.3/5

Rating

5.0 on wp.org · 6 reviews

-17%

174

Downloads · 30d

category median +3%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.3%

of downloads still active

At least 40 of 12.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, well behind 6.8.

Ratings · 6 reviews

Details

Version: 1.3
Last updated: 14.4y ago
Added: 2011-04-07 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP: 3.0
Tested up to: 3.4.2
Requires PHP: —

Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

Updated 5251 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 1/100

Tested up to WordPress 3.4.2; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 58/100

5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 5251 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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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.

Momentum

Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting

0.0

Velocity

places per keyword, 15d

20%

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 15d

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
qype your tag	#1	#1	0
urbanspoon your tag	#1	#1	0
hellobar	#9	#4	up 1
places your tag	Not in the top 24
rating your tag	Not in the top 24
yelp your tag	Not in the top 24

5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

“places”, “rating” and “yelp” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-17% vs prior 30d

121 Nov 2026

20095-10

121 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 203 · peaks are release surges

18331 Oct 2026

2501250

18331 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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.

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 year

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.

releases in the last 12 months

14.4y ago

latest release · v1.3.0 · 16 Jun 2012

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3.0 · 16 Jun 20121.2.0 · 21 Feb 20121.0.0 · 8 Apr 2011

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.3 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

40–50 ≈40

Crossed into this band 11 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 40.

Install history since 10 Oct 2016

401 Nov 2026

6003000

401 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ Aezaz Shaikh
10.9y ago

Plugin is good but I wanted to improve this. Can I handover this plugin?
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★★★★★ aaiz
11.1y ago

This plugin is fantastic. it really helps with conversions. However, It no longer works with the changes in Yelp’s API. Not sure if the authors plan to update the plugin or not?
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ benicubas
13.4y ago

This was an easy to install and very useful.
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ Anonymous
13.7y ago

works AND instructions built into the settings page. Well done.
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ michaeljberry
13.8y ago

Thanks for the simple plugin. Love the ability to add credibility to my site!
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★★★★★ mwi69
13.9y ago

Works as expected!
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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ 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

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

6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

✓ Says what it does "A powerful bar that shows Yelp Rating & Reviews at the top of any WordPress theme, provides instant credibi..."
✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you have", "for restaurants").
✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
! Headings and lists 0 headings and 4 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
✓ Enough to quote 1,004 characters of description.
! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("places", "Qype", "urbanspoon" missing).

Growth timeline

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

2026-10-21 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
2026-10-20 40+ → 30+ down after 11 days in tier
2026-10-09 30+ → 40+ up after 129 days in tier
2026-06-02 40+ → 30+ down after 15 days in tier
2026-05-18 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
2026-05-16 40+ → 30+ down after 205 days in tier
2025-10-23 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in tier
2025-10-21 40+ → 50+ up after 2 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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Yelp Bar: 40+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/yelp-bar

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