Advanced Classic Editor
by DediData · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 2.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Advanced Classic Editor - Your powerful WordPress editor, Insert many Icons, Insert Table of contents, etc.
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Health
B 74/100
no flags
Active installs
2K+
≈2.9K estimated
Momentum
+2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “editor”, “bootstrap” and “wysiwyg” for “emoticon”, “emoticons” and “special characters”. “editor” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “emoticon” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “bootstrap” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “emoticons” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “wysiwyg” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “special characters” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
74 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.4%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 45.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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 1 release 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 260 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| emoticon | #5 | #12 | 0 |
| emoticons | #5 | #11 | 0 |
| classic editor | #11 | #22 | down 2 |
| fontawesome your tag | #15 | #20 | down 3 |
| readme | #9 | #14 | down 3 |
| wordpress editor your tag | #19 | #24 | — |
| classic | #22 | #20 | down 2 |
| wysiwyg your tag | #23 | #23 | down 4 |
| special characters | #14 | #21 | down 5 |
| bootstrap your tag | #23 | #19 | down 4 |
| visual editor | #22 | #23 | down 7 |
| tinymce button | #22 | #22 | 0 |
| validator | #23 | #22 | 0 |
| editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
29 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 16 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “editor”, “bootstrap” and “wysiwyg” for “emoticon”, “emoticons” and “special characters”. “editor” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “emoticon” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “bootstrap” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “emoticons” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “wysiwyg” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “special characters” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “fontawesome”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 14 Mar 2024 · 962 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.7K · 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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
9mo ago
latest release · v3.1.5 · 13 Feb 2026
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% 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 2.4 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 14 May 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kiyasu1.5y ago
I disliked what the editor was before I installed this plugin. Thank you for the plugin! This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by kiyasu.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ audioscavenger2.6y ago
This plugin has only 1 competitor: “Advanced editor tools” by Automattic. I mention it because I tested both. Atomattic’s only adds the table and top menu capabilities, while Advanced Classic Editor also add icons, buttons, alerts, and other bootstrap related stuff to make your life easier. Also I just reported an error with font-awesome, which analyzed by plugin author, fixed and released within hours by plugin author = KUDOS to him! Thanks to this plugin, I could get rid of three others which only added bootstrap shortcodes and tables. I cannot thank this author enough. This is real good and brings TinyMCE back to life again. It surely can be expanded with more bootstrap stuff like other premium plugins, but that’s the cost of free stuff and I’m willing to keep it that way.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bosslady114.9y ago
I download this app because it stated it was compatible with my WordPress. However, as soon as I did I received a warning error message on the banner area of my website that stated, “Warning: Illegal string offset ‘fontawesome’ in /home/……. My website was working fine until I downloaded this app. I immediately deactivated it on my plugins page of my WordPress. But, when I attempted to delete it, it didn’t delete. The same happened to my 2nd website site too. It got to the point that my hosting company had to manually help me remove it from the cPanel. What irritated me the most, it is listed as a different name (best-editor ) on my cPanel so it was hard to find at first. Mind you, it is listed as “WordPress Editor” on the WordPress plugins and my WordPress plugin page. Why would they have it listed with two different names? I seriously believe they are being shady (trying to hide their identity to make it hard for people to remove their plugin from the cPanel). I noticed that all my other plugins are listed the same name on my WordPress plugin page and cPanel. This plugin was the only one disguising their name. My hosting company advised me to report them.I would have rated this plugin a zero if I could.` This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by bosslady11. Reason: mispelling This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by Jan Dembowski.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rnorbert836.9y ago
Eddig többet is kipróbáltam, de most ez a legjobb! Köszönöm!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jesus Velazquez8.3y ago
The best plugin I found for the visual editor. Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ maliaga8.6y ago
It seems to work fine, but for woocommerce the editor does not appear when creating a product, some way to integrate it? It would be good to improve it or in any case how to integrate it with simple code to other editing spaces. regards
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Evgeny8.7y ago
Очень качественный плагин. Всем рекомендую.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mostafa Soufi9.0y ago
This plugin has the clean codes and has the best practice of doing the process.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 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
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 "Advanced Classic Editor - Your powerful WordPress editor, Insert many Icons, Insert Table of contents, etc."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("No styles are imported in the Formats sub-menu !").
- ! 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 985 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "FontAwesome", "wysiwyg" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-06-08 1K+ → 2K+ up after 87 days in tier
- 2024-03-13 3K+ → 1K+ down after 1435 days in tier
- 2020-04-08 2K+ → 3K+ up after 88 days in tier
- 2020-01-11 1K+ → 2K+ up after 542 days in tier
- 2018-07-18 700+ → 1K+ 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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Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Re-add text underline and justify 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B - A Advanced TinyMCE Configuration 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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WP Editor Widget 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Super Edit 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D - D Disable Visual Editor WYSIWYG 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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