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Typing Effect

by 93digital · Uncategorized

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Create an animated typing effect that allows words to be 'typed out' on to a post or page.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
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50 Health · D
Maintenance 11/100
Rating quality 79/100
Support 70/100

50 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

10K+

Active installs

≈19K estimated

175.8K

Total downloads

since 2015

4.15★

Rating (adjusted)

4.3★ raw · 28 reviews

+49%

456

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

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.

59 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 19/100
WP compatibility 60/100
Rating quality 83/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1038 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

+49% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

456

now · peak 7.8K

45530d 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

Typing Effect · #1661 you Typing Animation Blo · #12430 WP TypeIt Lite · #14732

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.

46per 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

4.8y ago

latest release · v1.3.6

7

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3.6 · 4.8y ago1.3.5 · 4.8y ago1.3 · 5.6y ago1.3.1 · 6.4y ago1.2 · 8.5y ago1.1 · 10.9y ago1.0 · 10.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.3 100%
v1.2 0.3%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈19K

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

Install history · since 2015-11-09 · 1,447 observations

10KInstalls · 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.

Ratings · 28 reviews

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5★
19 4★
4 3★
1 2★
1 1★
3

Details

Version
1.3.7
Last updated
2.8y ago
Added
2015-09-21 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
6.3.10
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ marbs
    4.0y ago

    I am only concerned if this plugin has been abandoned.

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  2. ★★★★★ tvsan70
    4.1y ago

    The plugin works well This topic was modified 4 years ago by tvsan70. This topic was modified 4 years ago by tvsan70.

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  3. ★★★★★ lukas22
    4.5y ago

    works well

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  4. ★★★★★ tolgmau
    5.1y ago

    Thank you for taking the time to develop such an awesome plugin! This topic was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by Jan Dembowski. This topic was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by Ipstenu (Mika Epstein). Reason: removed link (they're not allowed in reviews)

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  5. ★★★★★ codejar
    5.1y ago

    Works great out of the box!

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  6. ★★★★★ dmitriano
    5.8y ago

    I tried to use the plugin to display a C++ source code, but special symbols ‘<‘, ‘>’, ‘”‘ used in the code break the plugin. htmlspecialchars() PHP function can probably help. The text cursor behaves incorrectly with multiline text. This topic was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by dmitriano.

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  7. ★★★★★ masuditbusiness
    6.3y ago

    Awesome Plugin

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  8. ★★★★★ Seba086
    6.6y ago

    Hace exactamente lo que precisaba! Funciona a la perfección, y encima gratis, qué más perdir! Gracias!! It does exactly what I needed! Works perfect, and it’s free! Thanks!

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Latest updates

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.3.7 Security patch. Tested with WordPress v6.3.2 1.3.7
  2. — Version 1.3.6 Plugin abandoned and not longer supported! We are keeping it publicly available due to its popularity. We hope to start developing a v2 in the coming year or so. 1.3.6
  3. — Version 1.3.5 Bug fix to patch a legacy bug from 1.3.1 which caused html elements to not to be rendered correctly within the typed text. This bug was not related to the one patched in 1.3.4. 1.3.5
  4. — Version 1.3.4 Bug fix which caused HTML elements to be escaped. This bug occured in the 1.3.3 release. 1.3.4
  5. — Version 1.3.3 Tested with WordPress v5.6 1.3.3
  6. — Version 1.3.2 Tested with WordPress v5.4.1 1.3.2

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

  1. Medium · 6.4 Typing Effect <= 1.3.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2026-08-18 CVE-2026-66644 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.7 No patch available
  2. Medium · 6.4 Typing Effect <= 1.3.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode ↗
    2023-08-17 CVE-2023-40605 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.6 Patched in 1.3.7

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

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ 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. 2025-10-05 20K+ → 10K+ down

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