AI Smart Excerpt
by Calogero1975 · SEO
Also makes 2 other plugins · 120+ installs across the portfolio →
Generate SEO optimized excerpts and keywords using AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini). Multilingual support: English, Italian, Spanish.
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Health
B 73/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
-21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “chatgpt” for “excerpt”. “chatgpt” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “excerpt” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
73 health vs 65 average across 2,216 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 16.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,193 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 2 reviews to 2025-10-09Reviewers like the setup and the quality of the generated excerpts, with one noting it sometimes slips into English on a Dutch site when the source text mixes languages.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 279 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
37
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| smart excerpt your tag | #2 | #16 | 0 |
| automatic excerpt your tag | #4 | #23 | 0 |
| excerpt | #7 | #22 | up 1 |
| ai excerpt your tag | #10 | #22 | up 3 |
| excerpt tools | #6 | #23 | 0 |
| custom excerpt | #15 | #24 | 0 |
| wordpress excerpt | #16 | #24 | down 1 |
| chatgpt your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
16 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 9 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “chatgpt” for “excerpt”. “chatgpt” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “excerpt” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 921 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
9mo ago
latest release · v2.2.3 · 25 Jan 2026
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Horacio Stjeward1.1y ago
Smooth setup and reliable results. The plugin integrates perfectly with the ChatGPT API and speeds up our workflow. Clean UI, sensible defaults, and fast responses. Recommended. I’m giving it 4 out of 5 because it sometimes switches to English on our Dutch news site when the source text contains a few English words.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ justinmilan201410.7y ago
The automatisation of the excerpt writing is not new but, the idea to build the excerpt based on specific algorithm is pretty nice. I have to say that the text extrapolated is not bad, and it gives a good insight of the post itself!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
8 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Generate SEO optimized excerpts and keywords using AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini). Multilingual support: Engl..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "who want", "designed for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions OpenAI, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,572 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "AI excerpt", "automatic excerpt" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-10 90+ → 100+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-11-06 60+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-05 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-04 40+ → 50+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2025-10-05 30+ → 40+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2025-09-11 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-09 30+ → 20+ down after 26 days in tier
- 2025-08-14 20+ → 30+ up after 5 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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