Automatically Paginate Posts
by Erick Hitter · Uncategorized
Also makes 12 other plugins · 47K+ installs across the portfolio →
Automatically paginate posts by inserting the `` Quicktag.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
2K+
≈2.3K estimated
Momentum
+56%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Under-ranked on “quicktag”. wp.org puts you #24; on merit you place #11. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.3%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 60K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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 1583 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 18 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1583 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nextpage your tag | #12 | #13 | 0 |
| quicktag your tag | #24 | #11 | 0 |
| quicktags | #23 | #11 | down 1 |
| paginate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Under-ranked on “quicktag”. wp.org puts you #24; on merit you place #11. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
- One page off on “nextpage”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “paginate” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · 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
4.3y ago
latest release · v0.3.1 · 1 Jul 2022
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 89% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; the previous band took 16 months to cross, which places it about 31% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 3K+ in roughly 241 days.
Install history since 29 Nov 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Henry Douglas3.0y ago
Excellent plugin, solved my problem. Thanks for your dedication.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ciertaluna4.2y ago
Great This topic was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by ciertaluna.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ evelinjohanna904.3y ago
Plugin works well. Can it be configured to work with 1 page? Without it splitting.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bdonmez5.0y ago
Thank you for this free plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ igabc5.8y ago
Links show up below Jetpack sharing buttons
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Josh Journey6.2y ago
After updating to WordPress 5.5 a custom function that automated pagination broke on all sites. Thankfully this plugin makes it extraordinarily easy to have automated page breaks along with an unexpected feature called “Approximate words per page”. It even worked with other custom code. Something that would benefit anyone who either wants to break up large pages or load other things like maps into tabs.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mystagogue006.2y ago
“Automatically Paginate Posts” is the easiest, non gimmicky Numeric Pagination WordPress Plugin. I know I have used it before, and was getting frustrated not finding it; and trying all the other free and paid plugins without the same a couple clicks simple pagination. – Plugin can set numeric links/buttons to 10 pages in total. – Plugin can split the page by words [I love it!] – Easy, straight forward plugin Thank you for the plugin. This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by mystagogue00. This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by mystagogue00.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zzzxs6.8y ago
但是管理人员不经常答复网友的提问
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 0.3.1 Fix translation support. 0.3.1
- — Version 0.3 Add support for content authored in block editor (Gutenberg). Add native block-editor control to replace legacy metabox. Fix bug that created empty pages. 0.3
- — Version 0.2 Allow for number of words to be specified instead of number of pages. 0.2
- — Version 0.1 Initial release. 0.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 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
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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ 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 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 497 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-30 1K+ → 2K+ up after 493 days in tier
- 2025-01-22 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1037 days in tier
- 2022-03-22 1K+ → 2K+ up after 308 days in tier
- 2021-05-18 2K+ → 1K+ down after 122 days in tier
- 2021-01-16 1K+ → 2K+ up after 161 days in tier
- 2020-08-08 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1129 days in tier
- 2017-07-06 1K+ → 2K+ up
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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AddQuicktag 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP-Paginate 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
TCD Classic Editor 6K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag - T TW Pagination 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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Multipage 900+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D -
WP-Note 2019 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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