84
Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline)
A charming way to display history with a few mobile quirks.
HealthyGrowing
84/100
Users appreciate the easy setup and responsive support despite occasional mobile display issues.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.7★
326 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+15%
Growing
173 → 199 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +15% in the last year
173/day a year ago→199/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCool Timeline is a well-regarded free timeline plugin for WordPress known for ease of use and responsive support, though at least one user reports the mobile view does not display correctly.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and use out of the box×5
- +Free version is functional and versatile×3
- +Support team is responsive and helpful×2
- +Works well for displaying historical or chronological events×2
Common complaints
- −Timeline is not visible or broken on mobile devices
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.72★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 13%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 326 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-26★★★★★Great supportAzureDesigns
- 2026-02-17★★★★★Fast, friendly, reliableanhe751-shot
- 2025-12-15★★★★★Excellent plugintonibg1-shot
- 2025-11-15★★★★★Bra pluginKnorden
- 2025-09-12★★★★★Good pluginmljo
- 2025-08-20★★★★★perfect timeline plugin!cycant
- 2025-08-05★★★★★Very useful and easy to useAnonymous User
- 2025-07-30★★★★★Not showing in mobile versionimsolost
- 2025-05-01★★★★★Excelentejrsistemas
- 2025-04-15★★★★★works very welltriforce2016
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
180
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
218
Prior 7-day baseline
130
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
755
Mean release-day peak (30d)
192
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-17.4%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
10%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.89
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
84%
5★ share in analyzed sample
13%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-40%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.73 → 4.72★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered