Plugin audit
Publish To Apple News
Publish To Apple News is healthy and under-discovered, a promotion opportunity.
Active installs
4K+
Rating
3.8★
wp.org · 25 reviews
Downloads / 30d
16.4K
Momentum
+16%
30d vs the 30d before
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #1 apple news
- #2 apple Up 1
- #6 publish
- #6 publish to wordpress
- #8 news
- #10 approved Up 8
- #12 already Up 7
- #17 ios Down 2
What to fix first
- 1
Add “approved” and “already” to your wp.org tags
You rank #10 and #12 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- 2
Readme fails 5 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 93/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 14 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
- Rating quality Strong
3.8★ over 25 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★
- Listing tuning Strong
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Readme fails 5 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: has a faq, faq asks real questions, names who it is for, headings and lists and enough to quote. 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 →Healthy but under-discovered
OpportunityThis plugin scores 82/100 on health yet sits at 4,000 installs. The product is good; distribution is the gap.
What to do: A WP Mayor review and placement can put it in front of the right audience.
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.
WP Mayor
Plugin promotion & growth
Publish To Apple News is a strong product that not enough people know about.
A WP Mayor review and placement put it in front of WordPress users who are choosing plugins.
- A WP Mayor review. An independent, in-depth review in front of a high-intent audience.
- Newsletter coverage. A feature in the WP Mayor newsletter, straight to subscribers.
- A sponsored placement. Targeted visibility across WP Mayor for a defined campaign.