Clever Linked Terms
by Jeff Brigman · Uncategorized
Build a smarter WordPress glossary with automatic linking, tooltips, semantic relationships, maps, and FluentCommunity support.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
-14%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “glossary”, “terms” and “tooltip” for “encyclopedia”, “linked” and “linked data”. “glossary” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “encyclopedia” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “terms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “linked” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “tooltip” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “linked data” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 756 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.
This plugin shipped 7 releases 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 11 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ 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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| linked | #5 | #22 | up 2 |
| clever | #6 | #14 | down 2 |
| encyclopedia | #5 | #8 | 0 |
| semantic linking your tag | #9 | #17 | 0 |
| linked data | #7 | #21 | up 3 |
| fluentcommunity your tag | #13 | #17 | 0 |
| linked in | #11 | #23 | down 1 |
| abbreviation | #21 | #23 | 0 |
| a z glossary | #13 | #17 | 0 |
| linked post | #18 | #23 | down 1 |
| glossary your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| terms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tooltip your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
27 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 17 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “glossary”, “terms” and “tooltip” for “encyclopedia”, “linked” and “linked data”. “glossary” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “encyclopedia” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “terms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “linked” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “tooltip” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “linked data” sits at #7 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 “fluentcommunity”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 18 May 2026 · 166 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 246 · 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.
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
7
releases in the last 12 months
11d ago
latest release · v1.3.0 · 20 Oct 2026
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 18 May 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ arjunarjun6mo ago
Love the plugin so much…especially its use cases. This glossary plugin can be used in multiple cases and is highly useful for your site. Much appreciate the plugin author’s act of creativity, intelligence and logic.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
7 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 "Build a smarter WordPress glossary with automatic linking, tooltips, semantic relationships, maps, and Flue..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 12 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Block editor, REST API.
- ✓ Headings and lists 17 headings and 9 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 12,719 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "semantic linking" does not.
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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Heroic Glossary – Block for building Glossaries, Dictionaries and more 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Glossary 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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