Acronyms 2
by Chris · Uncategorized
A plugin to automatically mark up known acronyms and abbreviations in posts and comments. Allows users to manage lists of acronyms through the WordPre …
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Health
D 52/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-23%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “abbreviation” and “formatting” for “abbr” and “acronyms”. “abbreviation” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “abbr” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “formatting” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “acronyms” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
52 health vs 58 average across 25,739 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 9.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 8 reviews to 2024-05-05Reviewers call it a hidden gem that's easy to use and light on resources, with asks for import/export, mobile support, and better caching on busy sites.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 965 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 8 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 965 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| acronyms | #10 | #10 | down 2 |
| abbr | #6 | #4 | 0 |
| acronym your tag | #12 | #11 | 0 |
| iot | #12 | #3 | 0 |
| abbreviation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| formatting your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| html5 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “abbreviation” and “formatting” for “abbr” and “acronyms”. “abbreviation” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “abbr” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “formatting” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “acronyms” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “acronym”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 373 · 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
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
2.6y ago
latest release · v2.0.10 · 11 Mar 2024
9
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 3 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 3 Dec 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Brett C2.5y ago
Stable and fast. It’s very nice in that regard. A bonus: Multisite supported! Drawbacks: Does not appear to be getting the caching treatment (at least when i checked via w3tc that is), and is real-time updated on posts/comments. For large and very active installations, this could very well be a CPU resource hog on page renders. (For my use case, this is what I was looking for) Does not appear to be a method to make an acronym multisite. Each multisite gets its own set of acronyms. Would be nice to have a checkbox to force an acronym as multisite.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bogdantd3.5y ago
Excellent on desktop. Will it be useful on mobile devices in the near future? Thx
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ palmtek3.7y ago
This plugin needs some love. Such a hidden gem. None of my SEO plugins have this feature, but now I can add this into sites that use a lot of acronyms. The next step is to add an export/import option. I tried the other guy’s plugin and it’s good, but this one is much more powerful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ matthewdhenderson6.9y ago
This makes any phrase (such as POS) into a non-clickable link with a tooltip (such as “Point-of-sale”), automatically. Enter each Acronym in the same way as a post category or tag. (I did delete the sample Acronyms) No need to alter the page or post.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ notbanksy10.2y ago
Does exactly what I need, easy to use, no fuss, highly recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MikeChipshop10.2y ago
Great little plugin, low resource usage and save having to type out or explain certain Acronyms every time you write a page or post. Very useful!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ biancardi11.3y ago
There is some bug in the creation of acronym!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mantou13213.5y ago
Thank
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.3
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
4 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 "A plugin to automatically mark up known acronyms and abbreviations in posts and comments. Allows users to m..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 750 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "formatting" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-11-15 200+ → 100+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2023-10-30 100+ → 200+ up after 16 days in tier
- 2023-10-14 200+ → 100+ down after 375 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 100+ → 200+ up
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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Abbreviation Button for the Block Editor 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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