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Custom PHP Settings
A simple PHP helper that keeps its best tricks for paying users.
Declining
49/100
Users appreciate the convenience but dislike the paywall for basic settings and the declining code quality.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.4★
15 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-60%
Declining fast
100 → 40 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 60% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 7 months
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
Declining fast · -60% in the last year
100/day a year ago→40/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCustom PHP Settings is praised for simplifying PHP configuration without manual edits, but users criticize its code quality and the shift to a premium model for key settings.
What people like
- +Eliminates the need to manually edit php.ini
- +Saves time for users
Common complaints
- −Code quality is poor
- −Requires premium upgrade to set certain PHP variables such as post_max_size
Review trustMixed — some inflation
- 4.10★Verified rating — drops from 4.40★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 33%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-07-142025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 15 total
Latest reviews · 15 analyzed
- 2025-03-19★★★★★very badpicklypickle
- 2024-06-25★★★★★Bad got worsecantoute
- 2022-12-05★★★★★Amazing so Simpledeffectrix
- 2022-06-05★★★★★Best PHP-Settings Pluignoffloris1-shot
- 2022-05-18★★★★★Gorgeous Pluginosandigital
- 2022-01-29★★★★★Good onebarnabas1
- 2022-01-26★★★★★I love that pluginYiğit Can Derya1-shot
- 2021-10-01★★★★★Worked like a charm!whiskeyjack651-shot
- 2021-09-06★★★★★No need to modify the php.ini file manually!FahimMurshed
- 2021-08-11★★★★★Amazingsamarsd
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.
34
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
41
Prior 7-day baseline
28
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
28
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-17.1%
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.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.32
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
80%
5★ share in analyzed sample
33%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.40 → 4.10★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered