Change Excerpt Length
by Ashkar · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 600+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows users to change the excerpt length from the WordPress Reading Settings page.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Swap “length” for “change excerpt”. “length” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “change excerpt” sits at #12 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 →4.5%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 8.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 583 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
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: Last updated 583 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| excerpt length your tag | #8 | #24 | down 1 |
| change excerpt | #12 | #23 | — |
| excerpt limit your tag | #24 | #24 | down 2 |
| length your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| word limit your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress excerpt your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches 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
- Swap “length” for “change excerpt”. “length” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “change excerpt” sits at #12 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 396 · 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
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
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
1.6y ago
latest release · v1.3 · 28 Mar 2025
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 59% 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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 months ago; the previous band took 14 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Aug 2015
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 "Allows users to change the excerpt length from the WordPress Reading Settings page."
- ✓ 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 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 291 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("excerpt limit", "word limit", "WordPress excerpt" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-05 500+ → 400+ down after 416 days in tier
- 2025-02-13 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-12 500+ → 600+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2025-02-03 600+ → 500+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-01-31 500+ → 600+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2025-01-22 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-21 500+ → 600+ up after 36 days in tier
- 2024-12-16 600+ → 500+ down after 66 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).
- E Excerpt Length 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Title Limit for WooCommerce 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B - E Excerpt Tools 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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TimeSpan 20+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D - B BP Limit Activity Length 10+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
- D Devinlabs Unit Conventer 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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