Opt-in AI for WordPress: one stable feature plus experiments that may change or be removed. Needs an AI provider plugin and your own API key.
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Health
A 85/100
no flags
Active installs
60K+
≈61K estimated
Momentum
+23%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “mcp” and “abilities” for “ai detection” and “ai visibility”. “mcp” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ai detection” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “abilities” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “ai visibility” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 77 average across 3,394 AI plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →18%
of downloads still active
At least 60K of 329.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median AI plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,010 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other AI 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 20 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
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 1 day ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.2★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
4 of 6 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| experiments your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| artificial intelligence your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| c2pa | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| artificial | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| stable | #3 | #9 | — |
| ai summary | #3 | #9 | down 1 |
| webmcp | #3 | #2 | — |
| 9 may | #2 | #6 | — |
| ai automation | #4 | #11 | 0 |
| ai visibility | #4 | #9 | up 1 |
| ai detection | #4 | #9 | down 1 |
| summarize | #4 | #11 | up 3 |
| ai provider | #7 | #12 | down 2 |
| ai connector | #5 | #12 | 0 |
| ai client | #5 | #13 | down 1 |
| disable ai | #5 | #11 | down 1 |
| connectors | #5 | #10 | down 1 |
| ai content generation | #6 | #13 | down 1 |
| ai translation | #6 | #17 | 0 |
| claude ai | #6 | #11 | down 1 |
| mcp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
457 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 388 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “mcp” and “abilities” for “ai detection” and “ai visibility”. “mcp” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ai detection” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “abilities” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “ai visibility” sits at #4 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 “abilities”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 25 Sep 2024 · 767 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 86.4K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
20
releases in the last 12 months
yesterday
latest release · v1.5.0 · 30 Oct 2026
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “60K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 60K.
At the current install trend, crossing 70K+ in roughly 30 days.
Install history since 24 Sep 2024
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- 2026-10-29 Version 1.5.0 Added New Experiment: Content Verification, that adds read-only detection of C2PA Content Credentials in uploaded JPEG/PNG/WebP images ( #459 ). New Experiment: Text to Speech, that allows you to generate audio for a spe 1.5.0
- 2026-10-05 Version 1.4.0 Added When comment moderation is run, calculate a value score, providing a relevance signal (0–1) for each comment based on how substantive and on-topic it is relative to the post it was left on. Show this score in a new 1.4.0
- 2026-08-18 Version 1.3.0 Added New Experiment: Content Translation; translates Paragraph and Heading blocks—and optionally the post title—into a selected language directly from the post editor ( #747 ). New Experiment: Slug Generation; suggest S 1.3.0
- 2026-07-14 Version 1.2.0 Added New Experiment: Suggest Reply; gives comment moderators a quick way to generate a reply to a comment through the admin ( #724 ). New “Advanced settings” option in Developer Tools to show/hide additional configurati 1.2.0
- 2026-06-30 Version 1.1.0 Added New Experiment: Type Ahead; automatically suggests ghost text at the end of paragraphs, can be manually triggered within a paragraph ( #151 , #776 ). New Experiment: Key Encryption; encrypts AI Connector API keys b 1.1.0
- 2026-06-15 Version 1.0.2 Added Manual refresh button to the AI Request Logs table header ( #687 ). New ai_generated param on our Image Import Ability to set if the imported image was AI generated or not ( GHSA-42mg-ffvx-4xff ). Changed Ensure Ed 1.0.2
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 26 languages, 8 at 90% or more
Plus 2 more locales with partial translations.
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.
Share of voice
How often each assistant names AI when asked about these topics, where it comes in the answer, and how that compares with its wp.org search position. Latest run 25 Oct 2026.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for developers", "perfect for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor, Slack, OpenAI.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 5 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,886 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "artificial intelligence" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 50K+ → 60K+ up after 41 days in tier
- 2026-09-01 40K+ → 50K+ up after 38 days in tier
- 2026-07-25 30K+ → 40K+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 20K+ → 30K+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 10K+ → 20K+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-05-24 6K+ → 10K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 2K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 1K+ → 2K+ up after 88 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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Abilities Bridge 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Angie – Agentic AI 100K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
AI Engine – MCP Server & AI Chatbot for WordPress, with Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini 90K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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