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Animated Typed JS Shortcode

by Yong · Uncategorized

Also makes 1 other plugin · 1.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin add shortcode to create an animated typing effect with Typed JS. No settings needed, just plug and play.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
54 Health · D
Maintenance 25/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

54 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

28/100

Maintenance 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.

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.

66 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 34/100
WP compatibility 88/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 737 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

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

+32% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

178

now · peak 1.5K

17930d 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

Animated Typed JS Sh · #5768 you Alligator Popup · #5138 Slideshow · #6496 Confetti Fall Animat · #8788

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.3Stars · 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.

179per 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

2.0y ago

latest release · v2.1.2

5

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.1.2 · 2.0y ago2.1 · 2.1y ago2.0 · 3.0y ago1.1 · 5.1y ago1.0 · 6.1y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 80% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.1 80%
v1.1 11%
v2.0 8.8%

Estimated active installs

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

modeled estimate
1K–2K ≈1.4K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-05-16 · 1,422 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.

Details

Version
2.1.2
Last updated
2.0y ago
Added
2020-07-22 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
6.6.7
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

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  1. Dieter Geiling
    2.9y ago

    Works like a charm! Very cool an nice port of Typed.js from Matt Boldt to WordPress! Thanks for that 🙂and keep it up

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  2. Renzo Bassi
    3.9y ago

    Molto semplice da installare e usare ma comunque ricco di funzioni grazie ai tanti attributi disponibili nello shortcode. Funziona perfettamente su WordPress 6.0.2.

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  3. davidacardona
    4.3y ago

    Worked excellent in Divi theme

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  4. chinaraj
    4.7y ago

    Only works when I’m logged in. My users (not logged in ) see nothing.

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  5. dtjb
    4.9y ago

    A nice lightweight (and free) solution that does exactly what it should, plus a few extra features. Great plugin, thanks for contributing to the community!

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  6. Lewis Elborn
    5.6y ago

    The title says it all.

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2024-07-10 CVE-2024-38679 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.0 Patched in 2.1

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.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.1

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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Animated Typed JS Shortcode: 1K+ active installs, 4.3★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/animated-typed-js-shortcode