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Meta Tag Manager
Small SEO tool with a very needy personality
HealthyDeclining
78/100
This lightweight SEO tool works well despite an annoying and persistent review request screen.
Active installs
~85,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 80k+
Rating
4.8★
80 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-23%
Declining
214 → 165 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
Declining · -23% in the last year
214/day a year ago→165/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMeta Tag Manager is a well-regarded, lightweight SEO plugin appreciated for its simplicity and effectiveness, with the main caveat being an overly persistent "Review us" nag screen that at least one user found annoying enough to consider uninstalling the plugin.
What people like
- +Simple and easy to use×4
- +Lightweight and free×2
- +Useful for SEO — allows adding custom meta tags and keywords for better search visibility×3
- +Works reliably without issues×2
- +Well-suited for small or custom-built sites
Common complaints
- −Persistent 'Review us' nag screen that reappears even after being dismissed and across plugin updates
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.72★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 16%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 80 total
Latest reviews · 80 analyzed
- 2026-03-19★★★★★Amazing plugin!bouia1-shot
- 2026-02-28★★★★★Awesome and free, one of my favoriteschneb
- 2026-01-27★★★★★Meta tag managerfinty57
- 2025-12-28★★★★★Excellent plugin!!!!Paul Haywood
- 2025-11-01★★★★★bravoherbechantal551-shot
- 2025-10-29★★★★★Excelente!nickar2
- 2025-10-19★★★★★Meta TagJuanita Lewis
- 2025-09-27★★★★★Bueno y fácilarturopinto
- 2025-08-18★★★★★Nag screen is extra annoyingconnectworldwide
- 2025-06-05★★★★★Uhhh… Yupcowpook1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Meta Tag Manager
Top SEO plugins, ranked by score.For 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.
162
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
184
Prior 7-day baseline
152
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
280
Mean release-day peak (30d)
162
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-12.0%
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.
12%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.13
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
91%
5★ share in analyzed sample
16%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-20%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.76 → 4.72★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered