Average WYSIWYG Helper
by Joe Rhoney · Uncategorized
Highlights prominent HTML elements in the WYSIWYG editor, to help Editors see what they're editing. Sort of a WYSIWYM (the M is for mean).
46 health vs 57 average across 8,595 Uncategorized plugins
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4167 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
18
now · peak 61
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-03-28 30+ → 20+ down after 281 days in band
- 2024-06-20 40+ → 30+ down after 217 days in band
- 2023-11-16 50+ → 40+ down after 110 days in band
- 2023-07-29 60+ → 50+ down after 99 days in band
- 2023-04-21 70+ → 60+ down after 12 days in band
- 2023-04-09 60+ → 70+ up after 10 days in band
- 2023-03-30 70+ → 60+ down after 131 days in band
- 2022-11-19 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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AddFunc WYSIWYG Helper 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D -
tinyWYM Editor 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - V Visual Term Description Editor 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
- A Advanced TinyMCE Configuration 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Clear Floats Button 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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