Yelp Bar
by Noel Tock · Uncategorized
A powerful bar that shows Yelp Rating & Reviews at the top of any WordPress theme, provides instant credibility.
47 health vs 58 average across 8,235 Uncategorized 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 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.
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 5144 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
148
now · peak 192
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-02 40+ → 30+ down after 15 days in band
- 2026-05-18 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-16 40+ → 30+ down after 205 days in band
- 2025-10-23 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-21 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-19 50+ → 40+ down after 29 days in band
- 2025-09-20 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-09-17 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP-PostRatings 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
YASR – Yet Another Star Rating Plugin for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Absolute Reviews 6K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Embedder for Google Reviews 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/yelp-bar" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Yelp Bar — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Yelp Bar: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/yelp-bar