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WP Coder – Insert & Manage Code Snippets
A handy snippet manager that occasionally trips on its own code.
HealthyDeclining
79/100
It provides a solid way to manage snippets but occasionally suffers from saving errors.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.9★
31 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-48%
Declining fast
116 → 60 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 48% vs a year ago
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 · -48% in the last year
116/day a year ago→60/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Coder is widely regarded as an easy-to-use, reliable tool for inserting custom code, but a few users have encountered saving errors and code-parsing problems.
What people like
- +Easy to use and straightforward interface×3
- +Works reliably for adding custom code×3
- +Helpful for non-developers or beginners
- +Responsive and helpful support
- +Handles fairly complex code without issues
Common complaints
- −403 Forbidden error when attempting to save code
- −String literals and eval handling can break code formatting (missing whitespace)
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.86★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 31 total
Latest reviews · 31 analyzed
- 2025-07-08★★★★★Does not work for me. 403 on savedomesticempire
- 2025-05-28★★★★★Si funcionagoogoramon
- 2025-04-09★★★★★excelente!!super util!!Randy
- 2023-11-23★★★★★Amazing plugin and excellent support!themaras3
- 2023-09-18★★★★★Works except for string literalsdrahcirj
- 2023-08-11★★★★★Update Ruined My Quiz Web CodeCounselor24
- 2023-08-09★★★★★Useful features yet…Dascent
- 2023-06-29★★★★★it works very well.matematikvakti
- 2023-05-25★★★★★Thanks!gmspb
- 2023-05-22★★★★★Awesome and Super easyshashikantsingh2288
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.
58
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
61
Prior 7-day baseline
51
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
99
Mean release-day peak (30d)
57
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-4.9%
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.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.15
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
10%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.87 → 4.86★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered