CM Table Of Contents – Clear navigation for better content discovery
by CreativeMindsSolutions · Uncategorized
Also makes 18 other plugins · 19.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Create and display a table of contents for your posts and pages. Improve navigation with an easy-to-use TOC generator.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+47%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “micropayment” and “discovery” to your wp.org tags. You rank #14 and #16 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 37.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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 3 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 19 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
3.3★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 3.98★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| toc generator | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| content discovery | #2 | #12 | up 1 |
| toc your tag | #15 | #20 | down 1 |
| discovery | #16 | #21 | 0 |
| micropayment | #14 | #13 | 0 |
| micropayments | #14 | #13 | 0 |
| content toc | #10 | #18 | 0 |
| post toc | #11 | #20 | 0 |
| wordpress toc | #21 | #20 | down 1 |
| navigation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| table of contents your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
20 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “micropayment” and “discovery” to your wp.org tags. You rank #14 and #16 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “toc”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 592 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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.
3
releases in the last 12 months
19d ago
latest release · v1.3.3 · 13 Oct 2026
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 71% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 52% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ nhoj6.4y ago
I bought the pro version of the plugin and within an hour I realized I couldn’t use it most likely because of a conflict of another plugin. Asked for my money back instantly (they claim to believe in their products so much that they offer Money Back Guarantee) but as it turns out, that’s actually not the case. They only offer you your money back if you give them access to your website and they determine whether or not the plugin works. They asked me for the exact plugin that’s causing the conflict but I couldn’t really inspect that properly in an hour from when I bought the plugin until I contacted them. I have a sneaky suspicion of what it is but in all honesty that shouldn’t matter. I have been using WordPress since the very beginning and in that time I’ve bought A LOT of premium plugins and themes and it has happened on occasions that something doesn’t work together. In all other instances have I just got my money back – no questions asked. This isn’t really a review about the plugin itself which I’m sure works fine for most but their customer service, the deceptive Money-Back Guarantee and their unwillingness to budge from their somewhat hidden terms, which by the way are not a law of nature. You can choose to offer a good service regardless.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ belbernard6.8y ago
It works great in general. However on a couple of posts it stops the display of all images when it is set on… I haven’t found the code combination that produces this bug.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ David Elstob6.9y ago
Works straight out of the box – just install and click on the tickbox bottom of each page. Don’t even need to bother with the shortcode unless you want to move the table. Definitely recommend this plugin. Don’t just move on because it hasn’t got five stars either!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ stigzler7.3y ago
as with every other tinpot capitalising WP plugin author, this draws you in with good spiel only to learn that it’s highly limited in the free version. Honestly, people like this are draining the life out of the internet dollar by dollar.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous7.5y ago
I installed CM Table of Contents on my website, hoping that it would display TOCs of my 900+ page (when printed to a PDF) documentation. I was very pleasantly surprised with the ease of installation, setup, and production-ready Tables of Content on my site. When I discovered a Bug in the hierarchical numbering scheme, the developers had a fix prepared in 4 days. When I submitted a Feature Request for a different parent/child TOC sorting method, the developers responded with an enhancement the following week. Support doesn’t get much better than this! -larry
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alessandronicotra8.3y ago
Non ho potuto eliminare questo plugin senza agire sul filesytem del server in FTP
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Coptic-Treasures10.3y ago
The best table of content WordPress Plugin. Extremely highly custmizable. The only one that recognizes pagination. Also, the technical support team is very efficient and knowlegable. After researching for months, CM table of contents plugin was the solution. I highly recommend it to anyone who has complicated post structure or long posts and wants a perfect table of contents plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jejones810.4y ago
I was looking for a table of contents plugin that was smart enough to accommodate a variety of knowledge base style posts and this one fit the bill. There were a few technical glitches in the first try but the support team was exceptionally responsive and listened and acted very quickly to my needs. In addition to the basic functionality, it also provides great styling options and the ability to be used in the body of the text as well as in widget areas. I would recommend going for the premium version as it offers more functionality for a reasonable price.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.3.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create and display a table of contents for your posts and pages. Improve navigation with an easy-to-use TOC..."
- ! 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 Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,602 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-08 200+ → 100+ down after 184 days in tier
- 2025-11-05 300+ → 200+ down after 242 days in tier
- 2025-03-08 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-07 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-03-03 400+ → 300+ down after 243 days in tier
- 2024-07-03 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-06-30 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-29 500+ → 400+ down after 239 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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LuckyWP Table of Contents 90K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Rich Table of Contents 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
Joli Table Of Contents – Table of Contents with Gutenberg Block & Shortcode 7K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Heroic Table of Contents 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
F70 Simple Table of Contents 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Easy Table of Contents 600K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
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