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).
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+31%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 59/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
84 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 88.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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
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 69 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.4★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ 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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
15%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| always edit in html your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| html edit your tag | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| edit post in html your tag | #3 | #16 | 0 |
| html tab your tag | #4 | #13 | up 1 |
| html mode your tag | #5 | #16 | down 1 |
| html | #14 | #18 | down 3 |
| edit | #15 | #23 | down 2 |
| html code | #16 | #22 | 0 |
| edit post | #14 | #21 | down 1 |
| html tag | #17 | #20 | — |
| html editor | #22 | #23 | down 2 |
| custom html | #24 | #21 | — |
| post edit | #19 | #23 | down 3 |
| php html editor | #21 | #23 | — |
| html post | #22 | #23 | up 2 |
| wordpress edit | #23 | #23 | 0 |
39 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 23 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “edit post”, “html” and “edit” (#14, #14 and #15 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 921 · 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
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
2.3y ago
latest release · v2.4.6 · 4 Jul 2024
19
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.9 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 28 Apr 2015
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.5
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 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 Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,548 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("edit post in HTML", "HTML edit", "HTML Tab" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-11-25 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-24 1K+ → 2K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2023-11-19 2K+ → 1K+ down after 29 days in tier
- 2023-10-21 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-10-20 2K+ → 1K+ down after 759 days in tier
- 2021-09-21 3K+ → 2K+ down after 411 days in tier
- 2020-08-06 5K+ → 3K+ down
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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