83
A reliable digital paper trail with slightly vague email alerts.
HealthyGrowing
83/100
Users appreciate the reliable audit trail and multisite support despite vague email notifications.
Active installs
~85,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 80k+
Rating
4.3★
76 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+45%
Growing fast
133 → 194 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
Growing fast · +45% in the last year
133/day a year ago→194/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayStream is a well-regarded WordPress audit trail plugin that users find reliable and useful for tracking site changes, with the main caveat being that its email notifications lack sufficient detail about the actions performed.
What people like
- +Reliable audit trail for tracking who made what changes on the WordPress backend×5
- +Works well on multisite installations×2
- +Simple to use and well-designed UX×3
Common complaints
- −Email notifications lack sufficient detail — they don't clearly describe what action was taken or on which page
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.21★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
- 5%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
Not enough review history.
All-time ratings · 76 total
Latest reviews · 76 analyzed
- 2023-06-10★★★★★Integration of logging and notification makes a lot of senseMartin Sauter
- 2023-02-17★★★★★FILTER_SANITIZE_STRINGjaybharatjay1-shot
- 2022-05-18★★★★★Great plugin!Dimitrios
- 2021-03-05★★★★★Love this pluginappinlet
- 2021-02-16★★★★★Great plugin totally recommended!freesong
- 2019-09-21★★★★★ProfessionalLana Codes
- 2019-04-25★★★★★Plugin works greatsunlifetech
- 2019-01-04★★★★★GreatRudá Almeida
- 2018-04-26★★★★★OUTSTANDING Plugin OUTSTANDING SupportLiz
- 2018-03-08★★★★★Great for WooCommerce!Archimidis Mertzanos
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.
169
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
189
Prior 7-day baseline
797
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
4,898
Mean release-day peak (30d)
2,262
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-10.6%
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.
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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
74%
5★ share in analyzed sample
5%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.25 → 4.21★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered