Beatport Discography shortcode
by Federico Giust · Uncategorized
Wordpress plugin that adds a shortcode on posts or pages to read the artist discography using the Beatport API.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈85 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “discography”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 8.5K 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 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.
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 4043 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 6.8
4.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4043 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| discography your tag | #14 | #6 | down 1 |
| artist your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| beatport your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| digital your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| dj your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “discography”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “artist”, “digital” and “dj” 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 93 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
11.1y ago
latest release · v1.3.8 · 7 Oct 2015
12
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 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 29 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ musho088.1y ago
good plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sinn - IT mit Emotion13.4y ago
thx man you sved me days of work
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sonarismusic13.6y ago
Pretty good, straightforward plugin, displays an artist or label’s discography on any page or post via shortcode. Very easy to set up and install. Note: It took me a while to figure out what was causing a big chunk of space to appear below my footer. On my theme, the plug-in created a Flash player on the bottom of every page, something about Sound Manager 2. It wasn’t loading properly, not even sure what the purpose of it is. I was able to rectify this problem by going into the plug-in editor and removing all code in the beatport-discography-shortcode/soundManager.js file. Problem solved, shortcode still works fine.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Wordpress plugin that adds a shortcode on posts or pages to read the artist discography using the Beatport..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,665 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "digital", "dj" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-22 90+ → 80+ down after 69 days in tier
- 2025-12-15 80+ → 90+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2025-12-06 90+ → 80+ down after 103 days in tier
- 2025-08-25 100+ → 90+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2025-08-11 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-08-09 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-08 90+ → 100+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-07-31 100+ → 90+ down after 1031 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).
- S Simple Discography 70+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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Setlist 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - A Artistography 10+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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Digital Signature For Contact Form 7 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B - G Gigs Calendar 200+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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Ajar in5 Embed 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C
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