Archiveo – Importer for the Wayback Machine
by Kaudo · Content & Feeds
Also makes 3 other plugins · 330+ installs across the portfolio →
Import archived pages from the Wayback Machine into WordPress as editable drafts.
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 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈220 estimated
Momentum
+18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “content import” and “content recovery” for “machine” and “archived”. “content import” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “machine” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “content recovery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “archived” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 64 average across 1,198 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →10.0%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 866 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 2 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 129 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
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| archive importer your tag | #2 | #14 | 0 |
| wayback | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| wayback machine your tag | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| internet archive your tag | #4 | #17 | 0 |
| machine | #6 | #24 | 0 |
| archived | #8 | #23 | down 1 |
| editable archive page | #23 | #24 | up 1 |
| content import your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| content recovery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “content import” and “content recovery” for “machine” and “archived”. “content import” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “machine” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “content recovery” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “archived” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 2 Jan 2026 · 305 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 281 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v2.6.0 · 26 Jun 2026
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 200.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 153 days.
Install history since 1 Jan 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ abaumar6mo ago
Hi guys, Thank you very much for the great plugin. I’m facing a challenge where: if the page URL was not in Latin alphabet then the page URL became unreadable which means I need to open (create a draft for) each page to be able to decide if I wanted to keep it or not. An example is like this: example.com:80/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%85%D8%A9/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%8A/ Any idea how to overcome this challenge? Kind regards. This topic was modified 2 months ago by abaumar. Reason: Adding an example
Read on wp.org ↗
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Import archived pages from the Wayback Machine into WordPress as editable drafts."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("designed for", "use cases").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,947 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("archive importer", "content import", "content recovery" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 100+ → 200+ up after 156 days in tier
- 2026-03-28 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-25 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-03-19 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-17 60+ → 70+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-05 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 30+ → 40+ up after 15 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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Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Archivarix Broken Links Recovery 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Blog Importer for HubSpot 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
ContentCrate 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Avoid Google's Cache 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag - I Internet Archive Media Library 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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