44
FOMO & Social Proof Notifications by TrustPulse – Best WordPress FOMO Plugin
Social proof that might trigger some serious financial FOMO.
Declining
44/100
Effective social proof comes with hidden fees and aggressive billing practices.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.5★
35 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-31%
Declining fast
79 → 55 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
- MINORdownloads down 31% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 10 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 · -31% in the last year
79/day a year ago→55/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayTrustPulse is praised for its easy setup, strong WooCommerce integration, and responsive support, but users report hidden costs, aggressive billing, and occasional support unresponsiveness.
What people like
- +Support team is responsive and helpful×3
- +Easy to set up and configure×2
- +Works flawlessly with WooCommerce×2
- +Feature requests are taken seriously
- +Increases sales through social proof notifications
Common complaints
- −Unexpected billing practices, including auto-upgrades and difficulty obtaining refunds
- −Pro plan required for WooCommerce integration is not disclosed upfront
- −Requires credit card to activate
- −Support unresponsive in some cases
- −Setup requires logging into an external site
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.37★Verified rating — drops from 4.50★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 46%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 35 total
Latest reviews · 35 analyzed
- 2025-10-17★★★★★Amazing Support from TrustPulsesmithers781-shot
- 2025-07-03★★★★★Work like a charm with systeme.iomakunouchi171-shot
- 2025-05-02★★★★★Still Auto-updated without permision !!!cybertroncracker1-shot
- 2025-04-17★★★★★Very good willingness to helpRamonyrigoyen1-shot
- 2025-02-18★★★★★Wonderful all aroundstevieknispel1-shot
- 2025-01-20★★★★★I love this toolkatharinalewald
- 2024-12-20★★★★★Great tool, great supportniekschreurs12341-shot
- 2024-12-10★★★★★Excellent responsive support teamsamehmeh
- 2024-11-18★★★★★Absolutely Fantastic Pluginherchen
- 2024-11-12★★★★★Great Plugin – Great Supportembroiderybusiness11-shot
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.
56
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
56
Prior 7-day baseline
37
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
56
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
0.0%
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.
22%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.61
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
89%
5★ share in analyzed sample
46%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.54 → 4.37★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered