AI Text to Speech – TTS Plugin For WordPress
by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP · AI
Also makes 7 other plugins · 246.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Easily generate a realistic audio version for your content and posts using OpenAI's Text to Speech API.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈81 estimated
Momentum
+8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “ai” and “text to audio” for “ai text to speech” and “speech”. “ai” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ai text to speech” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “text to audio” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “speech” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 77 average across 3,393 AI plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 7.5K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median AI plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,011 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 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
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 7 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 6 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.
47
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
35%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ai tts your tag | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| ai text to speech | #4 | #8 | 0 |
| tts your tag | #6 | #10 | 0 |
| text to speech your tag | #7 | #13 | 0 |
| speech | #9 | #15 | 0 |
| tts audio | #5 | #9 | up 2 |
| text to audio your tag | #18 | #22 | up 4 |
| speech to text | #7 | #14 | 0 |
| ai voice | #22 | #20 | down 1 |
| ai audio | #23 | #21 | 0 |
| ai your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
39 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 29 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 “ai” and “text to audio” for “ai text to speech” and “speech”. “ai” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ai text to speech” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “text to audio” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “speech” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 31 Mar 2024 · 946 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 700 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
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
7d ago
latest release · v3.3.0 · 25 Oct 2026
19
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 52 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 80.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 756 days.
Install history since 30 Mar 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Gabriel Nwatarali9mo ago
This is a very useful plugin. You can generate audio with or without a blog post, and you can customize the AI voice, which is great. I hope they keep adding more voices and features.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hughes8881.6y ago
Very useful and practical tool to be able to quickly add some audio content onto a web page. Support response very fast and helpful. Looking forward to seeing this tool evolve with such things as an ability to provide prompts so the source information (i.e. page content) can be ‘processed’ and this result can then be passed to the routine for the audio file to be created from. Our specific requirement is to only have an audio file that is a ‘summary’ of the page rather than of the whole page.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ paywall2.0y ago
The plugin breaks many of our block-based pages rendering the plugin useless. Have been unable to reach support for the premium version. This topic was modified 8 months ago by paywall.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ monika212.0y ago
i have tried several plugins. this is the simplest and offers all the functions i need. with the pro version you also have great statistics and can save the files to dropbox.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dom_Sacco2.1y ago
This is a brilliant tool that added some nice depth to my website. There are six voices to choose from, it’s cheap to run and I’ve had good feedback from my readers around the pacing and quality of the AI text-to-speech.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kev431k2.2y ago
This is a great plugin, it does exactly what it describes. Easy to set up and works out of box.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (3.3.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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 "Easily generate a realistic audio version for your content and posts using OpenAI's Text to Speech API."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "who wants", "if you have").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions OpenAI, Dropbox.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,305 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ai tts", "text to audio" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-10 70+ → 80+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 80+ → 70+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2026-08-09 70+ → 80+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 80+ → 70+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2026-06-24 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-23 80+ → 70+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-06-14 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-12 80+ → 70+ down after 1 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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ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
BeyondWords – AI audio for publishers 800+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Real Voice – Text to Speech 200+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
Text to Speech – TTSWP 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
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