67
View Transitions
Smooth page transitions paired with a suspiciously perfect rating.
GrowingReview burstWordPress.org
67/100
The plugin provides smooth animations despite a suspicious lack of substantive reviews.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
5.0★
23 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+9050%
Growing fast
1 → 92 installs/day
Warnings
- Distributed from inside WordPress.org's main product — growth is partly captive.
- Reviews concentrated in a single month — usually a marketing push or paid wave.
What to watch out for
- MAJOR48% of reviews in one month (2025-06-09)
- MAJORnear-100% 5★ in bursty pattern
- MINORreview volume down 91% vs prior 6mo
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-05-142025-08-182025-11-232026-02-272026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +9050% in the last year
1/day a year ago→92/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayView Transitions is praised for delivering easy-to-set-up, smooth page animations that enhance navigation, though users have not reported any drawbacks.
What people like
- +Provides smooth, seamless page transitions that make navigation feel less jarring and more app-like×6
- +Easy to implement and configure, requiring minimal setup for developers and site owners×3
- +Works out-of-the-box with block themes and many page builders
- +Admin settings are cleanly integrated into the WordPress Settings area
- +Minimalistic design adds a subtle, pleasant effect without being intrusive×2
Common complaints
Review trustMostly organic
- 5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 48% of all reviews landed in a single month
- 100%5★ concentration — near-perfect across only 23 reviews — not yet a proven track record
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2025-06-092025-12-062026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 23 total
Latest reviews · 23 analyzed
- 2025-12-07★★★★★Simple Setup, Beautiful Resultsgudi
- 2025-11-19★★★★★Speechlessarcticblue
- 2025-08-22★★★★★Must havegilbertococchi
- 2025-07-23★★★★★ExcellentMohaymenul Islam
- 2025-07-21★★★★★Transforms Site Into a Web Apptamnik
- 2025-07-18★★★★★We like it!GBTI Network
- 2025-07-17★★★★★Simple and elegantjbarr
- 2025-07-16★★★★★So elegantAndy Rudorfer
- 2025-07-01★★★★★Good!ww1sam
- 2025-06-21★★★★★Awesome, should be in core!Elisa Rohner
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.
117
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
101
Prior 7-day baseline
70
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
140
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+15.8%
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.
48%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.75
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
100%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-91%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
5.00 → 5.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered