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Always Edit In HTML

by DeveloperWil · Uncategorized

Also makes 4 other plugins · 3.3K+ installs across the portfolio →

Always opens up a specific page or post in HTML mode to preserve HTML code (classic editor only).

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 77/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

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.

90 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 59/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+197% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

264

now · peak 921

26930d downloads · Aug 26

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

Always Edit In HTML · #6501 you HTML Mode Locker · #11859

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.4Stars · Aug 26

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.

269per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

2.2y ago

latest release · v2.4.6

19

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.4.6 · 2.2y ago2.4.5 · 2.2y ago2.4.4 · 3.6y ago2.4.3 · 4.3y ago2.4.2 · 5.7y ago2.4.1 · 7.6y ago2.4.0 · 8.8y ago2.1 · 10.2y ago2.0 · 10.7y ago1.9 · 11.0y ago1.8 · 11.2y ago1.7 · 11.4y ago1.6 · 11.7y ago1.5 · 11.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.4 91%
Older / other versions 9.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-04-28 · 1,426 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Details

Version
2.4.6
Last updated
6d ago
Added
2011-04-04 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
5.2
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.5

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2023-11-25 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2023-11-24 1K+ → 2K+ up after 5 days in tier
  3. 2023-11-19 2K+ → 1K+ down after 29 days in tier
  4. 2023-10-21 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-10-20 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

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