43
Make Connector
A shaky bridge that might crash your site before it automates your life.
DecliningPoor rating
43/100
Technical bugs and security risks make this connection unreliable for most users.
Active installs
~85,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 80k+
Rating
2.7★
25 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-10%
Declining
312 → 280 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 2.58★
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 · -10% in the last year
312/day a year ago→280/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMake Connector is a functional bridge between WordPress and Make.com that works for some users in straightforward setups, but it carries a poor reputation due to serious code quality issues, plugin conflicts, broken integrations, and apparent neglect from its maintainer.
What people like
- +Successfully connects WordPress to Make.com and exposes data via API when it works×3
- +Described as simple to use in conflict-free environments×2
Common complaints
- −Causes fatal memory exhaustion errors and crashes when active alongside other plugins×2
- −Uses a non-standard, insecure authentication method — logs in as the first administrator account found in the database instead of using WordPress core application passwords
- −Posting/creating new posts silently fails with no error logged in Make or in the plugin's own log×2
- −ACF and custom field integration is broken — custom fields do not appear for mapping to other apps
- −Text formatting is stripped after an update, resulting in plain unformatted walls of text
- −Loads unnecessary JavaScript and CSS on the frontend when it is only needed in the backend
- −No webhook/real-time trigger support — relies on polling only, with no way to trigger scenarios on post publish
- −Conflicts with third-party plugins such as JetFormBuilder and causes errors in Elementor templates
- −Plugin receives minimal updates and has been described as neglected by Make.com despite WordPress being the world's most popular CMS×2
- −Code quality is considered poor by developers who have inspected it×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 2.58★Verified rating — drops from 2.70★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 4%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 · 25 total
Latest reviews · 25 analyzed
- 2025-10-30★★★★★Doesn't work, no error in logsSam Steiner
- 2025-09-19★★★★★Goodsadekmefti1-shot
- 2025-09-18★★★★★Crashes postsbunitas
- 2025-01-17★★★★★Bad practice…websols
- 2025-01-14★★★★★Breaks the ability to edit your poststravelingjim
- 2024-09-02★★★★★Works, but is buggyTed Slater
- 2024-01-09★★★★★Greatgongermil
- 2023-12-13★★★★★Works well on multiple sitesmattatnicolebarkerva
- 2023-08-01★★★★★MAKE THE TEXT EDITOR CRUSHeitayz
- 2023-05-18★★★★★Easy to userommieg
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.
251
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
279
Prior 7-day baseline
241
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
286
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-10.0%
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.
22%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.15
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
36%
5★ share in analyzed sample
4%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-100%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
2.68 → 2.58★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered