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Quiz Maker by AYS
Powerful quiz tools wrapped in a very vintage interface.
Update-pumping
72/100
The plugin offers excellent free features and support despite an aging interface and suspicious review patterns.
Active installs
~50,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.9★
586 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+3%
Holding steady
344 → 356 installs/day
Warnings
- Releases very frequently — inflates raw download counts without growing the user base.
What to watch out for
- MAJORrelease pumping (auto-update flood)
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
Holding steady · +3% in the last year
344/day a year ago→356/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayQuiz Maker by AYS is well-regarded as a feature-rich and flexible quiz plugin for WordPress, praised especially for its generous free tier and responsive support, though its design and UI are considered outdated by some users.
What people like
- +Generous free version with a wide range of features×2
- +Responsive, fast, and professional support team×3
- +Flexible and comprehensive feature set, suitable for large-scale use cases like custom LMS builds×3
- +Works well on mobile
- +Pro version considered reasonably priced×2
- +Easy to install and set up×2
- +Useful import/export functionality for managing large question banks
Common complaints
- −Design and UI look outdated and in need of modernization
- −No built-in option to add a custom language for buttons
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.94★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 27%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-10-122025-08-082026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 586 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-16★★★★★Absolutely perfect!minn131
- 2026-05-14★★★★★Great tool Easy to usefredc15
- 2026-05-14★★★★★Works perfectlyamericiu
- 2026-05-12★★★★★Absolutely excellentlockyleung
- 2026-04-29★★★★★very goodbivash00071-shot
- 2026-04-17★★★★★Amazingstevchenko261-shot
- 2026-04-13★★★★★Really good free versiondavidml901-shot
- 2026-04-10★★★★★The one to goedsup
- 2026-04-09★★★★★Design and UImamoste
- 2026-03-28★★★★★ExceptionalFabio Bernini
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVN · flagged as pumpingFor 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.
356
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
357
Prior 7-day baseline
369
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
4,948
Mean release-day peak (30d)
377
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-0.3%
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.
8%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.50
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
94%
5★ share in analyzed sample
27%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+4%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.92 → 4.94★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered