Widgets for Google Reviews

Ownership

Held by Trustindex throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.

Full observed history, including every field transition

Committing accounts

Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.

This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.

Adoption

How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.

Very widely adopted: 1,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.

39,617 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 604% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.

48 ratings left in the last 83 days, averaging 4.8 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.9 (2 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.

Install band rose to 1,000,000+ on 11 Sep 2026, from 900,000+. Both figures are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable from them.

From recent reviews

What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 13 Jun 2026 and 08 Sep 2026: 59 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.

Across the last three months, reviewers describe wp-reviews-plugin-for-google as straightforward to run, with 21 of 59 reviews calling out easy installation, configuration, or daily use. Another 9 of 59 reviewers single out its appearance, praising display styles and design customization options. Reviewers also single out the free tier itself: 7 of 59 highlight value in the no-cost version alone, and 5 of 59 note that the plugin simply works as expected. Not every reaction is positive, though. 4 of 59 reviews raise concerns about how the free version's limits are communicated or about the path to a paid subscription.

• 21 of 59 mention ease of installation, setup, or day-to-day use. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
• 9 of 59 praise the plugin's appearance, display styles, or design customization options. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
• 7 of 59 single out value in the free version specifically. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
• 5 of 59 note that the plugin works reliably or as expected. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
• 4 of 59 raise concerns about the free version's limits or the paid upgrade path. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Counted from the public review forum on 10 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.

Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.

Unchanged throughout: active installs (1,000,000+)

91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.

Maintenance

When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.

History

Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.

Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.

1. 29 Oct 202610 days ago
   Version 14.3 released
2. 24 Sep 20261 month ago
   Version 14.2 released
3. 07 Sep 20262 months ago
   Version 14.1.1 released
4. 04 Sep 20262 months ago
   Version 14.1 released
5. 03 Sep 20262 months ago
   Version 14.0 released
6. 18 Aug 20263 months ago
   Version 13.3.2 released
7. 02 Aug 20263 months ago
   Install band moved to 900,000+Bands are rounded to one significant digit, so the size of the change is not knowable.
8. 02 Aug 20263 months ago
   First observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
9. 24 Jun 20265 months ago
   Version 13.3.1 released
10. 28 May 20265 months ago
    Version 13.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
11. 14 Apr 20267 months ago
    Version 13.2.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
12. 01 Sep 202514 months ago
    Version 13.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
13. 24 Jul 202516 months ago
    Version 13.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
14. 08 Jul 202516 months ago
    Version 12.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
15. 05 Jun 202517 months ago
    Version 12.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
16. 28 May 202517 months ago
    Version 12.7.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
17. 06 Mar 202520 months ago
    Version 12.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
18. 10 Jan 202522 months ago
    Version 12.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
19. 10 Dec 202423 months ago
    Version 12.4.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
20. 10 Oct 20242 years ago
    Version 12.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
21. 19 Sep 20242 years ago
    Version 12.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by trustindex.
22. 17 Oct 20233 years ago
    4 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 17 Oct 2023 and 02 Sep 2024. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
23. 13 Nov 20196.5 years ago
    Added to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.

Media coverage

Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.

• 06 Dec 2025 · CVE-2025-12510: WordPress Google Reviews Plugin XSS FlawSentinelOne
• 22 Nov 2023 · WordPress Widgets for Google Reviews plugin <= 11.0.2 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerabilityPatchstack
• 18 Oct 2023 · Widgets for Google Reviews plugin <= 10.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CVE-2023-3254)GitHub Advisory Database
• 05 Jan 2023 · Widgets for Google Reviews < 9.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (CVE-2022-4470)WPScan

What we know, and what we don’t

Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.

Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see

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