Automatic NBSP
by Damian Gora · Uncategorized
Automatically adds a non-breaking space ( ) in the content.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
3K+
≈3.5K estimated
Momentum
+56%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “line break”, “nbsp” and “non breaking space” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →19%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 15.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2761 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.1.28; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2761 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| line break your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| nbsp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| non breaking space your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| polish your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| typography your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “line break”, “nbsp” and “non breaking space” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 388 · 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
7.6y ago
latest release · v1.5.4 · 11 Apr 2019
10
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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Radek Lat5.3y ago
I was hunting for a mysteriously broken code block formatting, where some line breaks were stripped away. It turned out this plug-in was the cause. Share it seems not longer maintained. I would love to continue to use it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ melebius5.6y ago
I installed this plugin mainly to auto-add non-breakable space after prepositions. This works well. I also appreciate the easy settings page of this plugin. However, there are many things which could be done better: The plugin page claims to cover Czech but I can only choose between Polish and English vocabulary in the settings. There is no information on whether the plugin kicks in when saving a post or rendering it. I discovered it’s while rendering. This is good to fix older posts as well but it might make each rendering a bit slower. A link to the plugin settings could be shown on the Plugins page. The plugin only offers adding after the customizable vocabulary words and before preset punctuation marks. I’d be glad if both lists were customizable. The plugin offers no way to automatically add in more complicated situations, e.g. after numbers, especially ordinal ones (the German or Czech way). And last but not least, the plugin should be tested with the latest WordPress releases, although it’s doing well for me with WordPress 5.6. This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by melebius. Reason: external links removed
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Cyrille Sanson6.3y ago
Hello, While WordPress is at version 5, I don’t understand why it is still necessary to use a plugin to fix the problem of no break spaces before double height signs. Fortunately Damian Gora developed Automatic NBSP and solved the problem. Many thanks Damian for this great plugin, simple and efficient.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kuldaoo6.6y ago
No bloatware, ads, no useless fields. Simple a usefull. GREAT. thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jasonbear8.2y ago
It does not work on WordPress 4.9.8. The developer has not responded here in almost 2 years. Either fix this thing or remove it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Marek9.2y ago
I love to have good formated text! With this plugin it is possible 🙂 Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ francois.massart9.6y ago
This plugin is awesome, I hate seeing some punctuation on a newline because people don’t use unbreakable spaces, this beauty makes it automatic and only if a space has been typed, so it does not force the usage of spaces but makes it simple and clever.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gruntek9.9y ago
Dzięki!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.5.4 CHANGE: Nothing changed. Only version. 1.5.4
- — Version 1.5.3 FIX: special case for a mark « (by francois.massart) 1.5.3
- — Version 1.5.2 FIX: Escaping another special characters from phrases 1.5.2
- — Version 1.5.1 ADD Integration with the Advanced Custom Fields plugin. DEL Problematic feature (keep numbers together). 1.5.1
- — Version 1.5 ADD Keep numbers together as option FIX Bug with words ending with a dot . 1.5
- — Version 1.4 FIX Bug with disappearing titles. 1.4
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
4 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 "Automatically adds a non-breaking space ( ) in the content."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "if you have").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Advanced Custom Fields.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 956 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "line-break", "typography" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-14 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-13 3K+ → 4K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-08-10 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-08 3K+ → 4K+ up after 64 days in tier
- 2025-06-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-04 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-02 4K+ → 3K+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-05-24 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
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