Typing Effect
by 93digital · Uncategorized
Create an animated typing effect that allows words to be 'typed out' on to a post or page.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
10K+
≈18K estimated
Momentum
+26%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “typing effect” to your wp.org tags. You rank #12 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,755 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.6%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 177.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,774 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.
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1103 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 28 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1103 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
22
Momentum
Losing ground
-4.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| typing effect | #12 | #15 | down 4 |
| typewriter effect your tag | #13 | #7 | down 2 |
| animated typing effect your tag | #16 | #12 | down 5 |
| typing effect plugin your tag | #21 | #18 | down 12 |
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “typing effect” to your wp.org tags. You rank #12 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- Slipping on “animated typing effect”. Down 5 places since 2026-09-23, now #16. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
- Slipping on “typing effect plugin”. Down 12 places since 2026-09-23, now #21. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
- One page off on “typewriter effect”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 7.8K · 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
3.0y ago
latest release · v1.3.7 · 26 Oct 2023
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 months ago and the previous band took 4.5 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 20K.
Install history since 3 Oct 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ marbs4.1y ago
I am only concerned if this plugin has been abandoned.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tvsan704.3y ago
The plugin works well This topic was modified 4 years ago by tvsan70. This topic was modified 4 years ago by tvsan70.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lukas224.7y ago
works well
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tolgmau5.2y 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)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ codejar5.3y ago
Works great out of the box!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dmitriano6.0y 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.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ masuditbusiness6.5y ago
Awesome Plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Seba0866.8y 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!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.3.7 Security patch. Tested with WordPress v6.3.2 1.3.7
- — 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
- — 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
- — 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
- — Version 1.3.3 Tested with WordPress v5.6 1.3.3
- — Version 1.3.2 Tested with WordPress v5.4.1 1.3.2
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.3.7). 1 of 2 disclosed are patched.
- Open 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 Affects <= 1.3.7 No patch available
- Patched 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 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.
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create an animated typing effect that allows words to be 'typed out' on to a post or page."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 715 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 3 tags appear in the text ("typewriter effect", "typing effect plugin" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-05 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1627 days in tier
- 2021-04-22 10K+ → 20K+ up after 964 days in tier
- 2018-09-01 9K+ → 10K+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2018-07-18 8K+ → 9K+ up after 78 days in tier
- 2018-05-01 7K+ → 8K+ up after 60 days in tier
- 2018-03-02 6K+ → 7K+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2018-02-01 1K+ → 6K+ up after 478 days in tier
- 2016-10-11 200+ → 1K+ up after 306 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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