Bulk Post Status Update
by Chetan Vaghela · Uncategorized
Also makes 11 other plugins · 550+ installs across the portfolio →
Automatically change the status of WordPress posts and custom post types to Draft or Publish using bulk actions.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “bulk” for “status update”. “bulk” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “status update” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 4.5K 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.
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 117 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 19d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 19d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| status update | #21 | #24 | down 1 |
| unpublish | #19 | #23 | 0 |
| bulk your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom post type your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| draft your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| publish your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| status your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “bulk” for “status update”. “bulk” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “status update” sits at #21 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 276 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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.
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 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 4 Oct 2022
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
6 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 "Automatically change the status of WordPress posts and custom post types to Draft or Publish using bulk act..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use cases"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 910 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-03 300+ → 200+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-12-26 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-25 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-23 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-22 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-20 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-19 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-12-15 200+ → 300+ up after 1 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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Publish View 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Manage – Centralized site maintenance and monitoring 100K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Bulk Delete 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Bulk Delete 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A - C Custom Post Type Widgets 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B
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