Basic URL ShortCodes
by Vikas Sharma · Uncategorized
Also makes 8 other plugins · 4.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Simple shortcodes that output essential WordPress URLs inside posts, pages and widgets.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
4K+
≈4.3K estimated
Momentum
-25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “permalink”, “theme” and “uploads” for “basic”, “full url” and “short url”. “permalink” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “basic” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “theme” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “full url” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “uploads” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “short url” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →24%
of downloads still active
At least 4K of 16.9K 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.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 73 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| basic | #4 | #18 | 0 |
| url your tag | #5 | #14 | 0 |
| localhost | #3 | #14 | 0 |
| shortcodes | #6 | #18 | 0 |
| full url | #4 | #18 | down 1 |
| short url | #6 | #21 | 0 |
| basic plugin | #5 | #17 | up 1 |
| urls | #17 | #21 | down 3 |
| custom shortcodes | #12 | #23 | 0 |
| shortcode inside shortcode | #7 | #18 | up 2 |
| from url | #7 | #19 | up 1 |
| shortcode your tag | #20 | #24 | up 4 |
| url redirect | #15 | #23 | up 2 |
| output | #23 | #23 | down 1 |
| href | #16 | #22 | down 1 |
| wordpress shortcodes | #18 | #23 | down 2 |
| pages url | #11 | #22 | down 2 |
| redirect url | #20 | #24 | down 1 |
| site url | #12 | #22 | up 1 |
| custom url | #22 | #24 | down 2 |
| permalink your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| theme your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| uploads your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
64 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 36 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “permalink”, “theme” and “uploads” for “basic”, “full url” and “short url”. “permalink” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “basic” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “theme” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “full url” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “uploads” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “short url” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4.7K · 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
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
2mo ago
latest release · v4.1.0 · 19 Aug 2026
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 28% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 5K+ in roughly 124 days.
Install history since 6 May 2021
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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 25 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 REST API.
- ! Headings and lists 4 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,885 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "permalink" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-21 3K+ → 4K+ up after 314 days in tier
- 2025-09-10 2K+ → 3K+ up after 348 days in tier
- 2024-09-27 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-26 2K+ → 3K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-09-18 3K+ → 2K+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2024-09-08 2K+ → 3K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-09-05 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-03 2K+ → 3K+ up after 42 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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Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Shortcode Redirect 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Custom Permalink Editor 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Automatically Update Permalinks 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D - E Enhanced Custom Permalinks 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
- P Permalink Editor 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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