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RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator
A functional tool that spends more time selling than aggregating.
HealthyDeclining
53/100
The plugin works but the free version is a crippled demo that uses misleading claims to push upgrades.
Active installs
~47,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.6★
360 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-47%
Declining fast
446 → 235 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 47% vs a year ago
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 · -47% in the last year
446/day a year ago→235/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayRSS Aggregator by Feedzy is a functional feed-to-post plugin that handles basic RSS aggregation, but it is widely criticized for aggressive paywalling, misleading feature descriptions, and intrusive promotional behavior even for paying customers.
What people like
- +Can successfully import and aggregate RSS feeds when configured correctly×2
Common complaints
- −Free version is limited to only one feed source, making it nearly unusable for real aggregation use cases (since 4.2.8)×2
- −Plugin description is considered misleading — advertises unlimited feeds but heavily restricts free functionality×2
- −Many settings are locked behind an expensive annual Pro subscription×2
- −Premium users still receive dashboard spam promoting other plugins
- −Telemetry setting was re-enabled after being turned off by the user, raising privacy concerns
- −Some imported posts contained gibberish HTML code instead of proper content
- −A specific version was flagged for potentially loading malicious or advertisement values into the database, possibly due to injection vulnerabilities (since 4.2.8)
- −No weekend support available
- −No bulk upload option for migrating from other plugins
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.34★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 12%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 360 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-03-30★★★★★Great Plugindimariap711-shot
- 2025-12-18★★★★★Ok but just won't get the job donesunb1
- 2025-11-26★★★★★Execrise caution!gqqnbig
- 2025-08-21★★★★★Unforgiveable limitation…proximitas
- 2025-08-21★★★★★Not a Good Choiceterryfrum
- 2025-07-31★★★★★just one category in free versionAnonymous User
- 2025-07-04★★★★★Good jobMedia Cakrawalaindo News
- 2025-02-17★★★★★Absolutely the BEST Product and TOP Support!mimigill1-shot
- 2025-01-15★★★★★Feedzy works really well.taygan
- 2024-12-20★★★★★Good Looking FeedCarolyn Melo
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.
484
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
228
Prior 7-day baseline
794
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
7,011
Mean release-day peak (30d)
939
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+112.3%
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.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.99
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
73%
5★ share in analyzed sample
12%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-60%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.38 → 4.34★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered