Grade A

Logos Reftagger

Name: Logos Reftagger
Rating: 4.9 (15 reviews)
Author: logos

⤓ Download v2.4.7 on WordPress.org ↗

by logosupdated 2025-12-22🌟The Rising Star

Scripture links on autopilot with a slight mobile hiccup.

HealthyGrowing

84/100

This niche tool automates scripture linking. It saves editors time. Mobile tooltips are a bit weak.

Loved30/40

Trustworthy13/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained15/18

Momentum12/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_action( 'wp_footer', function () {
    ?>
    <script>
        var refTagger = {
            settings: {
                bibleVersion: 'ESV',
                addLogosLink: false,
                tooltips: { enable: true }
            }
        };
        (function( d, t ) {
            var g = d.createElement( t ), s = d.getElementsByTagName( t )[0];
            g.src = 'https://api.reftagger.com/v2/RefTagger.js';
            s.parentNode.insertBefore( g, s );
        }( document, 'script' ));
    </script>
    <?php
} );

Keep in mind:The plugin's settings page exposes many Reftagger options; adjust the refTagger.settings object to match your preferences.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

→ on track for 20k+in ~3 months

Rating

4.8★

15 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+297%

Growing fast

15 → 60 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing fast · +297% in the last year

15/day a year ago→60/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Logos Reftagger is widely praised for automatically linking Bible references and saving editors time, though its mobile tooltip experience is limited.

What people like

+Automatically links Bible references, saving editors time×3
+Works within database and spreadsheet tables on WordPress
+Provides hover tooltips on desktop showing verse excerpts

Common complaints

−Tooltip does not stay visible on mobile; click shows brief tooltip then redirects

Review trustMostly organic

4.93★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 15 total

5★

4★

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Latest reviews · 15 analyzed

2023-08-22★★★★★Works Great in WP 6.3 David Keevis
2022-06-15★★★★★Exactly what I was looking for!namechang90
2021-05-30★★★★★Great plugin!Brian Shim
2019-12-18★★★★★Excellent MCL
2019-08-20★★★★★Excelent tool/ Herramienta excelente ejgarciam
2017-06-17★★★★★Excellent for sites with bible reference n2fisher
2017-01-29★★★★★Reftagger Really Helps on Bible Websites fblittle
2016-07-14★★★★★Excellent plugin Miguel Mosquera
2014-11-30★★★★★Great for desktop; OK on mobile Chad Warner
2014-06-04★★★★★I like it.Vladimir Sokolov

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2025-12-22v2.4.7
2023-12-18v2.4.6
2022-12-09v2.4.5
2021-08-18v2.4.4
2021-06-08v2.4.3
2021-06-07v2.4.2
2020-08-11v2.4.1
2020-08-07v2.4.0

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-10.5%

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.

100%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

5.74

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

93%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.93 → 4.93★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered