86
FakerPress
Build a fake universe for your theme in seconds.
HealthyDeclining
86/100
Developers use this to quickly populate sites for testing despite one report of data loss.
Active installs
~13,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.9★
205 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-18%
Declining
209 → 171 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
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 · -18% in the last year
209/day a year ago→171/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayFakerPress is widely praised as a fast, easy-to-use tool that quickly generates dummy content for testing, though at least one user reports severe data-loss issues.
What people like
- +Saves time by generating dummy content with a few clicks×5
- +Simple setup and easy to use×2
- +Creates realistic dummy posts, pages, and custom post types for testing×4
- +Customizable to recreate typical site conditions
- +Responsive support and quick bug fixes
- +Clean interface and fast performance
- +Includes a wipe button to remove generated content
- +Developer shows sense of humour, making the experience pleasant
Common complaints
- −Deleted all entries, pages, and products instead of only plugin-generated content, causing data loss
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.87★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 13%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 205 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-01-03★★★★★A must have forJoão Carvalho
- 2025-07-07★★★★★Fantasticaderahmadw
- 2024-06-18★★★★★Superbe extensionAglae
- 2024-05-01★★★★★Time saverwelswebmaster
- 2024-04-30★★★★★Simple! Generates the content as sold.laurencebahiirwa
- 2024-04-30★★★★★fantastic dev toolHelgaTheViking
- 2024-04-28★★★★★Sic et simplicitermollaflex
- 2024-01-16★★★★★The best solutionzaerl
- 2023-12-10★★★★★Life changing help during the early stages.redxo1-shot
- 2023-11-04★★★★★Awesome!Marcin Pietrzak
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.
205
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
157
Prior 7-day baseline
213
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,611
Mean release-day peak (30d)
263
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+30.6%
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.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.20
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
13%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.87 → 4.87★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered