Grade C

WPGet API – Connect to any external REST API

Name: WPGet API – Connect to any external REST API
Rating: 5.0 (32 reviews)
Author: David Anderson / Team Updraft

⤓ Download v2.25.5 on WordPress.org ↗

by David Anderson / Team Updraftupdated 2026-05-18🎲The Mixed Bag

The support team is the real hero of this API bridge.

Declining

78/100

Users love the exceptional support and the ability to connect external data without code.

Loved33/40

Trustworthy11/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum2/12

Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

5.0★

32 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-52%

Declining fast

121 → 58 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
MINORdownloads down 52% vs a year ago

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining fast · -52% in the last year

121/day a year ago→58/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

WPGet API is widely praised for its excellent support and ease of use, though reviewers did not raise any notable drawbacks.

What people like

+Responsive, helpful support team×9
+Easy to set up and use for API integration, even for non-developers×8
+Comprehensive documentation that complements the plugin×2
+Good value; Pro version and extensions considered worth the cost×2
+Plugin functions reliably for connecting external APIs×6

Common complaints

Review trustReviews look organic

4.96★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
19%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 · 32 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 32 analyzed

2026-01-08★★★★★Amazing customer support!phatrides
2025-12-18★★★★★Unbelievable support its4yougr
2025-04-27★★★★★Solved a problem we were told could not be solved tilianova1-shot
2025-03-19★★★★★Very nice plugin, great support!Elise
2024-12-06★★★★★Great Support ipshwitz
2024-11-27★★★★★Working great MatthewQ
2024-11-26★★★★★Great Plugin, even better support!msg27131-shot
2023-12-19★★★★★Great plug-in and awesome support jbender929
2023-10-26★★★★★Very well thought out, excellent support Mr.Finblog
2023-10-19★★★★★Amazing Support and great plugin Nick Symister

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-18v2.25.5
2026-03-25v2.25.4
2025-08-05v2.25.3
2025-05-13v2.25.2
2025-04-03v2.25.1
2024-12-17v2.2.10
2024-10-28v2.2.9
2024-10-22v2.2.8

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

126

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

908

Mean release-day peak (30d)

127

Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)

-6.6%

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.

18%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.76

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

97%

5★ share in analyzed sample

19%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.97 → 4.96★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered