CodeMirror for Post Editor
by Felipe Lavín · Uncategorized
Write beautiful HTML code using the CodeMirror component for your WordPress posts.
45 health vs 60 average across 6,351 Uncategorized plugins
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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4476 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
22
now · peak 65
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-06-14 20+ → 10+ down after 678 days in band
- 2023-08-06 30+ → 20+ down after 75 days in band
- 2023-05-23 20+ → 30+ up after 24 days in band
- 2023-04-29 30+ → 20+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Code Embed 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - P Preserve Editor Scroll Position 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Code Widget 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D - P Preserved HTML Editor Markup Plus 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP Emmet 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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