Editor review criteria

Our editor reviews are based on five criteria :

Features (weight : 30/100)

What kind of features has the plugin ? Is it just a simple plugin without any features or is it a plugin with lots of great features and functionality ? The more features and better functionality, the higher the rating.

Ease of Installation (weight : 10/100)

How hard is it to install and configure the plugin ? Is it a 5 seconds job which every beginner in WordPress can do, or is it something which can take hours or even days to configure and fine-tune, and is only for the professional WordPress user ? The easier the installation and setup, the higher the rating. When a plugin saves settings to the MySQL database but doesn’t have an uninstall option it will be penalized with -2 stars. (I just hate database clutter)

Documentation (weight : 15/100)

Is there any documentation provided with the plugin ? Do you have to figure it out yourself, or is it provided with extensive manuals describing every single option ? The better the documentation, the higher the rating.

Help / Tech Support (weight : 25/100)

Is there any support from the author of the plugin ? Does the author even care about any bugs or problems with the plugin, or maybe the plugin has it’s own forum and blog maintained by a plugin author who responds the same day and seems to work 24/7 ? The better the support level, the higher the rating.

Updates (weight : 20/100)

How frequent is the plugin being updated ? Was the last update almost a year ago, or is it updated almost every week with fresh new options and bug fixes ? Plugins with frequent updates gets higher rated.