80
Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP
Great free tools but that sorting bug is a persistent headache.
HealthyDeclining
80/100
Users love the generous free version and support despite a persistent sorting error.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.7★
157 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-17%
Declining
137 → 114 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 · -17% in the last year
137/day a year ago→114/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayRate My Post is a well-regarded, lightweight star-rating plugin with strong free-tier features and responsive support, but it has a long-standing unresolved sorting flaw and a few recurring technical issues that frustrate users.
What people like
- +Responsive and helpful support, including for free-version users×4
- +Lightweight and does not slow down the site×2
- +Free version is feature-rich with good customisation options×3
- +Easy to set up and works as described×2
- +Active maintainer presence on the support forum×2
Common complaints
- −Top-rated / widget sorting is broken: posts are sorted by date rated or rating count rather than by actual rating quality, and this has gone unresolved for years despite repeated user requests×3
- −Plugin loads rating assets (including preload fonts) on every page regardless of whether a rating widget is present, wasting page resources unless users pay or manually patch files×2
- −A database error (failed DROP INDEX on wp_rmp_analytics) and a premature textdomain-loading notice appear on some installations
- −Rich snippet / Google Search star ratings stopped appearing after plugin updates
- −Minor customisation gaps, such as no colour options for the opinion button
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.66★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 157 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-07★★★★★Good pluginvadimm5
- 2025-12-15★★★★★Adds Font on every pageLeadGuitarMx
- 2025-05-02★★★★★Lots of errors when installinggrimtech
- 2025-04-24★★★★★Sort does not show highest rating firstdigihulpdienst
- 2025-03-25★★★★★Great pluginadidas3
- 2024-11-04★★★★★Great Support!!Thomas Due Halfdaner
- 2024-10-17★★★★★Supportneildockar
- 2024-09-17★★★★★Best. But I lostguddurahul
- 2024-09-03★★★★★One of the best WordPress Plugindawazote
- 2024-06-18★★★★★Powerful plugin, good serviceKoesper
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.
114
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
111
Prior 7-day baseline
101
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
312
Mean release-day peak (30d)
118
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+2.7%
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.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.39
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
88%
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
4.69 → 4.66★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered