Chief Editor
by termel · Uncategorized
Also makes 15 other plugins · 590+ installs across the portfolio →
Helps wordpress multisite "chief editor" to manage all drafts, comments, authors and "ready for publication" sends across the netw …
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈16 estimated
Momentum
-70%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “chief”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
44 health vs 58 average across 25,739 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 4K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, 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 2468 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2468 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| chief your tag | #14 | #18 | — |
| indesign | #21 | #24 | down 2 |
| author your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| draft your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| multisite your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “chief”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “author”, “draft” and “editor” 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 136 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 1 Jun 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jodamo512.2y ago
A useful plugin, but would be good to see it improved more. The location is a bit obscure – it’s under Settings > Chief Editor. But that’s not where you go to see the settings. That’s where the tables of drafts and comments are. A more natural place to have it in WordPress would be in the menu under Posts > Network Drafts. And also to have it on the network menu – Network Admin > Network Drafts. I would like to see it presented in a WordPress native layout, the same as the normal drafts view, instead of a custom table. That would enable quick editing (e.g. change to published). A good start overall for this plugin. I can now easily see the drafts across the network. But would be good to have it improved further.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ termel12.9y ago
Needed this for our chief editor to manage all drafts in order to plan next posts to publish. Easy! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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 "Helps wordpress multisite "chief editor" to manage all drafts, comments, authors and "ready for publication..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Multisite.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 919 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
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Classic Editor 8M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A - C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Code Snippets 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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