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Quick and Easy FAQs
Simple FAQ management that is starting to fade away.
Declining
61/100
Users appreciate the simplicity and support but worry the plugin is being abandoned.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.6★
36 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-44%
Declining fast
76 → 43 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 44% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 6 months
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 · -44% in the last year
76/day a year ago→43/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayQuick and Easy FAQs is generally praised for its ease of use, reliable FAQ display, and responsive support, but some users report abandonment and occasional functional errors.
What people like
- +Easy to install and use, with quick setup×4
- +Works as described for displaying FAQs and performs reliably×5
- +Responsive and helpful support, often within 24 hours×8
- +Developer provides custom CSS assistance and adds extra features×2
- +Accordion styling added and sort options improved in version 1.3
- +Handles large numbers of FAQ entries better than standard accordions
- +Layout can be customized with developer assistance
Common complaints
- −Plugin appears abandoned with promised features not delivered
- −Limited display options; only [faqs] shortcode works for some users
- −Settings page error prevents plugin use
- −Documentation and demo resources are insufficient
- −Styling options could be expanded
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.55★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-05-102025-12-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 36 total
Latest reviews · 36 analyzed
- 2025-06-30★★★★★Simple and effective way to manage FAQs, but could use an FAQPage schema featureelaborate
- 2025-04-16★★★★★Easy, simple, perfect!pstranger141-shot
- 2023-01-10★★★★★Simple FAQ and easy to usestangie924
- 2022-02-18★★★★★Could be a nice FAQ but seems abandoneddimal
- 2021-09-16★★★★★Simple and effective!angeljs
- 2021-05-26★★★★★Style aren't work correctlythantshweaung1-shot
- 2021-05-01★★★★★Great pluginchen47
- 2020-07-01★★★★★Great plugin with supportmennonieuwenhuyse3708
- 2020-06-02★★★★★Great plugin and supportmollyn
- 2020-05-06★★★★★Excellent Productimapappy
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.
42
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
43
Prior 7-day baseline
38
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
133
Mean release-day peak (30d)
54
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-2.3%
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.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.45
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
86%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.58 → 4.55★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered