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Prime Mover – Migrate WordPress Website & Backups
The multisite migration specialist that makes moving networks easy.
HealthyGrowing
95/100
Users praise the reliable multisite migration features and the intuitive interface.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
5.0★
136 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+42%
Growing fast
138 → 196 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreview volume down 60% vs prior 6mo
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
Growing fast · +42% in the last year
138/day a year ago→196/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPrime Mover is widely praised for its reliable, multisite-capable migrations and ease of use, though a few users note extra setup steps and occasional slowness.
What people like
- +Supports multisite migrations×5
- +Simple and intuitive interface×5
- +Saves significant time during migration×3
- +Reliable migration without errors×4
- +Responsive support
- +Well documented
Common complaints
- −Requires WordPress to be installed before migration
- −Forces WordPress reinstall if admin credentials differ, without prior warning
- −Performance can be slow
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.99★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 13%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 136 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-02-22★★★★★Thank youslavomir12
- 2026-02-17★★★★★Most stable migration plugin I've usedIgor Radovanov
- 2026-02-03★★★★★What?! After 3 years I found multisite plugin that worksleadmarketcz
- 2025-12-17★★★★★Fantastic!Marioline
- 2025-12-02★★★★★Prompt support and perfect pluginaecord1-shot
- 2025-11-27★★★★★Your plugin is just perfect 👏Romain FILLATRE
- 2025-10-22★★★★★Very good pluginnasrudindax
- 2025-09-14★★★★★Flawless and Effortless – Perfect Executionalfigmx
- 2025-09-05★★★★★Smooth migrationm4n0jkum4r
- 2025-07-21★★★★★5 stars is too littlejneuerburg
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Prime Mover
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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.
219
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
211
Prior 7-day baseline
132
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,069
Mean release-day peak (30d)
225
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+3.8%
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
0.90
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
99%
5★ share in analyzed sample
13%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-60%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.99 → 4.99★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered