Mastodon Autopost
by Simon Frey · Social
A Wordpress Plugin that automatically posts your new articles to Mastodon. The best: It is set and forget!
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
700+
≈770 estimated
Momentum
+9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “federated web”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
47 health vs 58 average across 1,836 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.7%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 25.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,277 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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 1275 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 21 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1275 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.
41
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
22%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mastdon autopost your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| federated web your tag | #12 | #5 | up 1 |
| autopost | #15 | #6 | down 3 |
| gnu social your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mastodon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 7 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
- One page off on “federated web”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “gnu social” and “mastodon” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.5K · 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
3.5y ago
latest release · v3.7 · 7 May 2023
47
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% 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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 71% of the way through.
Install history since 26 Jul 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ yesnotes2.3y ago
I have WordPress version Version 6.5.5 installed on July 2024 and just installed Mastodon Autopost which perfectly posted an already written article on mastodon by simply ticking the box for it to do so and clicking on “update”. After ot worked once it died – so yes – it is dead now due to abandonment. So go ahad and install it – if a bunch of others use it, it might be revived.I especially like that this is one addon for one simpel social network, so it is lightweight. Edit: Why the hell did WordPress moderators mark this post as spam???I did undergo the process to register only to help the community and some moderators here seem to sabotage it. This topic was modified 2 years ago by yesnotes. Reason: ridiculous censorship This topic was modified 2 years ago by yesnotes.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Whigfield3.4y ago
Great plugin. Easy to use.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ msorin3.6y ago
Just hangs in a loop saying “Authentification, please wait…”Refreshing the page appears as if it works, but it never publishes any posts automatically. The manual test post from the Settings works, but never an automatic or manual post from Posts.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Robert Lender3.7y ago
Das Plugin tut genau was es soll. Einmal mit meinem Mastodon Profil verbunden landen alle Ankündigungen zu meinem Blogartikeln im Fediverse – ohne, dass ich noch etwas tun muss. Praktisch ist, dass man den Aufbau des Postings selbst etwas gestalten kann. Also, ob man zuerst die Überschrift, oder den Link zum Artikel haben möchte – und auch, ob man Tags oder Kategorien auflisten möchte. Wer seine Artikel auf Mastodon ankündigen/bewerben möchte, für den:die ist das Plugin genau das Richtige.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ irslo4.0y ago
Je vais faire simple mais ça s’installe tout seul. Ca se configure en deux secondes. Au top ! Merci à l’auteur !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kuechenlatein4.0y ago
I can’t connect properly with the Mastodon server. After login to the server I get an error message after authorisation
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dehub4.0y ago
Recently I tried to share articles on Mastodon and this plugin has been very helpful in that. When a new blog post is released it reliably creates a toot with header, excerpt, hashtags and a little thumbnail. Customization of the post template is no problem and it’s easy to configure and set up.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gerald4.0y ago
Works great with WP 6.1
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 11 languages, 9 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
2 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions PayPal.
- ! Headings and lists 4 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,224 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 4 tags appear in the text ("federated web", "GNU Social", "Mastdon Autopost" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-18 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-16 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-14 800+ → 700+ down after 186 days in tier
- 2026-01-09 900+ → 800+ down after 124 days in tier
- 2025-09-07 1K+ → 900+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-08-29 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-28 1K+ → 900+ down after 1014 days in tier
- 2022-11-18 900+ → 1K+ up after 3 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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XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Share on Mastodon 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
Simple Mastodon Verification 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
Include Mastodon Feed 800+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Enable Mastodon Apps 500+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Link Verification for Mastodon 400+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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