How PluginMatch Works

This page explains exactly how PluginMatch content is made. No marketing language — just the process.

Where the data comes from

All plugin statistics — active install counts, star ratings, review counts, version numbers, last-updated dates, and support-thread figures — come directly from the official WordPress.org API. We sync this data weekly. The numbers you see on any page are pulled from our latest sync at the moment the page loads, not frozen at the time the article was written.

How the analysis is written

The comparison text on this site is AI-generated. Our system feeds the model verified WordPress.org data for both plugins and instructs it to base every claim on that data. Where a number appears in the text, it is inserted from our database — not written by the AI — so it stays current after every sync.

Quality checks

Before a page is published, it passes automated checks: required sections present, no placeholder or filler text, no unresolved data fields, and screening for low-quality writing patterns. We are expanding these checks to automatically verify every numeric comparison in the text against the source data.

Human review

Pages that score below our quality thresholds are not published automatically — they are held in a review queue for a human decision. We do not claim that a person hand-tests every plugin or reads every page; automation is what makes this site possible, and we would rather tell you that plainly.

Mistakes

With thousands of data points, errors can slip through. If you find one, tell us — we correct pages and feed the failure back into our automated checks so the same mistake gets caught next time.

How we make money

Some outbound links may be affiliate links; this never affects rankings or verdicts, which are computed from the data. See our affiliate disclosure.