Plugin audit
Internal Linking of Related Contents
Internal Linking of Related Contents is solid but leaving growth on the table.
Active installs
4K+
Rating
4.2★
wp.org · 5 reviews
Downloads / 30d
1.7K
Momentum
-34%
30d vs the 30d before
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #1 related contents
- #3 content internal linking
- #3 linking
- #4 contextual posts Up 2
- #4 internal linking Down 2
- #5 inline related posts
- #7 inline related Down 1
- #7 internal
What to fix first
- 1
Ask happy users for a review
5 reviews so far. wp.org gives the rating more weight as the count grows past 25.
- 2
Swap “similar posts” for “contents”
“similar posts” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “contents” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- 3
One page off on “related posts”
#12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 4
Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
30-day download momentum is -34% while the Uncategorized category median is 0%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
- 5
Readme fails 3 of 8 AI readiness checks
Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists.
Ranking signals
Listing score 90/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 6 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
- Rating quality Holding it back
4.2★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Downloads are cooling
Needs work30-day download momentum is -34% while the Uncategorized category median is 0%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
What to do: Check what changed in recent releases and reviews, then promote the fix.
Readme fails 3 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: has a faq, faq asks real questions and names who it is for. No FAQ section.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 5 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.
No open vulnerabilities recorded. No unpatched security advisory is recorded against this plugin.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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