Movie Helper
by dudo · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 140+ installs across the portfolio →
Movie Helper allows you to easily add links to movie and tv shows, just by searching them while you're writing your content. Search, click, done!
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Health
C 58/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈50 estimated
Momentum
-38%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “tv show” and “tv links” for “imdb” and “tv shows”. “tv show” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “imdb” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “tv links” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #13. “tv shows” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
58 health vs 58 average across 25,756 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 10K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 629 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 629 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →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.
28
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
-1.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| movie database your tag | #6 | #10 | down 1 |
| tmdb your tag | #7 | #5 | down 1 |
| movie your tag | #10 | #14 | down 2 |
| tv links your tag | #13 | #14 | 0 |
| imdb | #11 | #15 | down 1 |
| tv show your tag | #19 | #19 | down 1 |
| tv shows | #24 | #19 | down 3 |
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “tv show” and “tv links” for “imdb” and “tv shows”. “tv show” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “imdb” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “tv links” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #13. “tv shows” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “tv links”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.9K · peaks are release surges
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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.7y ago
latest release · v1.2.3 · 10 Feb 2025
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 50.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Florenz Villegas3.9y ago
Works exactly like they say it would. The only thing is that with the IMDb. It’s mentioned a lot and may have been considered at the beginning. B ut now they’re working with the Tmdb. If you’re a beginner, that could be confusing, but that’s imho not enough for loss of a star. [Sorry for violating your language, German here.]
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ johnny70754.0y ago
Very useful plugin for quickly adding links! Plugin is intuitive and your up and running in no time. Great job!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dallensmith4.0y ago
Your Movie Helper plugin is fantastic and almost perfect for me. I only wish i could customize the link a little. Like remove the spans and add the year of the movie after the link automatically. on my site we deal with many movies that have similar titles and I like to distinguish them by using the year in parenthesis after the movie title. Thank you again, and I hope there is further development to this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Movie Helper allows you to easily add links to movie and tv shows, just by searching them while you're writ..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 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 Mentions Gutenberg.
- ! Headings and lists 5 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,072 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("movie database", "TMDb", "tv links" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-23 50+ → 40+ down after 53 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 60+ → 50+ down after 105 days in tier
- 2026-05-18 70+ → 60+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-13 70+ → 60+ down after 55 days in tier
- 2026-03-19 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-18 70+ → 80+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 80+ → 70+ down after 1 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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GeeK! – Movie & Game Database 70+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
F13 Movies 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Movie Data from RT 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - F FilmGetter 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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My Movie Database 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
Movie Engine – OTT Streaming Platform for Movies & TV Series 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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