How accurate is the “Active Installations” number?

  • I developed a plugin, and for the last month or two it’s been stating “Active Installations: 100+” on my plugin page. I find it hard to believe there are that many active installations.

    When I do a Google Search for keywords that my plugin has on the front end, I only find ~ 30 sites. I realize that not all sites will have the pages indexed that contain my plugin, and it’s possible that the plugin is active and not set up correctly. This could explain why these sites/pages don’t show up in the search engines. Still, I’m just struggling to believe that the “active installations” is a close approximation.

    Any thoughts?

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by boybawang.
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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    That number is based on the number of “checking for update” requests, so it’s probably more accurate than your google search.

    Step 1: Publish plugin.
    Step 2: ??
    Step 3: Profit.

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    Moved to Everything else WordPress, this is not a Developing with WordPress topic.

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