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WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Charts, Maps & Dashboards
A database engine for the SQL savvy.
Healthy
84/100
The plugin offers immense power but requires SQL knowledge and faces one serious update allegation.
Active installs
~28,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.9★
87 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-4%
Holding steady
238 → 229 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
Holding steady · -4% in the last year
238/day a year ago→229/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Data Access is widely praised for its powerful database handling and outstanding support, but some users report update-induced breakage, performance lags, and a steep learning curve.
What people like
- +Responsive and knowledgeable support team×11
- +Powerful, feature-rich plugin that handles complex custom tables and relationships×7
- +Ability to connect to external SQL databases (e.g., MS SQL Server, remote DB)×4
- +Robust and easy-to-use interface for tasks like search-and-replace and URL rewriting×2
Common complaints
- −Plugin broke after an update, apparently to push data-sharing opt-in
- −Slow performance when retrieving records (e.g., 30 seconds for a single record)
- −Documentation and video tutorials are hard to understand
- −Steep learning curve; requires good knowledge of databases and SQL to leverage features
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.94★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 87 total
Latest reviews · 87 analyzed
- 2026-04-03★★★★★Excellent plugin for custom table handling and no code appsgerrybw
- 2026-03-03★★★★★Amazing Plugin!rgbworldinc1-shot
- 2025-11-10★★★★★They deliberately break the plugin just to persuade you into more spyingtexofant
- 2025-08-10★★★★★The best plugintorneosritmica1-shot
- 2025-07-02★★★★★Extremely powerful plugin & awesome supportsasostebe
- 2024-12-11★★★★★Very powerfuljohans
- 2024-08-13★★★★★User-friendly reporting toolJean Werk
- 2024-07-23★★★★★Excellent pluginpmontavon
- 2024-06-14★★★★★Very flexible and very usable plugin!alaradar
- 2024-02-19★★★★★Very good support and prompt replymisterngan
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.
225
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
207
Prior 7-day baseline
189
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
4,901
Mean release-day peak (30d)
187
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+8.7%
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.
13%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.35
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-33%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.94 → 4.94★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered