A-2-Z Alphabetical Archive Links
by Nowell VanHoesen · Uncategorized
Create and display a list of first characters for post/cpt titles which link to an archive of the posts/cpts that begin with that character.
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Health
C 57/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈50 estimated
Momentum
+3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “custom post type title”, “post title” and “title” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
57 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 9.2K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 5 reviews to 2015-02-13Reviewers call it simple, customizable, and easy to set up, and say it did exactly what they needed for alphabetical category listings.
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: Update recency
Updated 709 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 709 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| alphabetical your tag | #21 | #23 | down 1 |
| cpt title your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| custom post type title your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post title your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| title your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “custom post type title”, “post title” and “title” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 322 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.9y ago
latest release · v2.1.1 · 21 Nov 2024
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 44% 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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 50.
Install history since 22 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kb8271211.7y ago
The layout is perfect and it was the simplest plugin I’ve used yet to make my site so much better function wise. THANK YOU for making today’s work on my site STRESS FREE!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sajjad Ali11.9y ago
Excellent Plugin.. Did what i expected to do.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kelly12.4y ago
With a little tweaking this was exactly what I needed. Looked around and found nothing else that worked.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ krikabati12.9y ago
This plugin is very simple, customizable, and useful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ccmcneil13.4y ago
Works exactly as stated. Allows for a sidebar widget to alphabetize your category view. Accompanied by a display widget, you can display it on different pages, or on only one page. Highly easy to implement.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7
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
1 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 "Create and display a list of first characters for post/cpt titles which link to an archive of the posts/cpt..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 661 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("alphabetical", "custom post type title", "post title" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-27 50+ → 40+ down after 270 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 60+ → 50+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-01-21 50+ → 60+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-01-14 60+ → 50+ down after 234 days in tier
- 2025-05-25 70+ → 60+ down after 83 days in tier
- 2025-03-03 80+ → 70+ down after 31 days in tier
- 2025-01-31 70+ → 80+ up after 54 days in tier
- 2024-12-08 80+ → 70+ down after 15 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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Title Remover 70K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D - E Extended Title Remover 1K+ installs · 3.0★ · 2 shared tags F
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WP 4 Me Title Remover 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - A Auto Generate Title 10+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Melonpan Block – Post Title — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - H Hide Title 30K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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