API Press – External API data, Connect API, Import API
by Quicksnail Plugins · Content & Feeds
Also makes 5 other plugins · 710+ installs across the portfolio →
Connect APIs to WordPress. Send data to API, display external API data with shortcode, or import API data and create posts.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈40 estimated
Momentum
+38%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “endpoint” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
81 health vs 64 average across 1,193 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.8%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 2.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 864 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 128 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
51
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
47%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| external api your tag | #9 | #23 | up 3 |
| press | #10 | #22 | down 1 |
| connect api your tag | #19 | #23 | down 2 |
| import api your tag | #21 | #24 | — |
| json api your tag | #22 | #24 | 0 |
| json rest api shortcode | #18 | #24 | — |
| endpoint your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “endpoint” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 3 Sep 2025 · 424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 420 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v2.0.2 · 25 Jun 2026
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 61% 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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 40.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 352 days.
Install history since 2 Sep 2025
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Connect APIs to WordPress. Send data to API, display external API data with shortcode, or import API data a..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you have", "ideal for", "perfect for").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,058 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 30+ → 40+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 40+ → 30+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-14 40+ → 30+ down after 59 days in tier
- 2026-07-17 30+ → 40+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 20+ → 30+ up after 1 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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WPGet API – Connect to any external REST API 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP REST API Controller 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
Health Endpoint 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
REST API Toolbox 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
Custom API for WP 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
JSON API User 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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