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Collapse Magic

by Hub5050 · Uncategorized

Also makes 6 other plugins · 1.6K+ installs across the portfolio →

The easy way to create a collapsible text block with a 'read-more' label on any page. Also provides a fading text option.

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⚠ Few reviews

Health

B 73/100

Few reviews

Active installs

1K+

≈1.9K estimated

Momentum

+13%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “accordion” for “collapsible”. “accordion” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “collapsible” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

How scoring works →
73 Health · B
Maintenance 78/100
Rating quality 70/100
Support 70/100

73 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

7.3%

of downloads still active

At least 1K of 13.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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 2 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

Version
1.5.0
Last updated
8mo ago
Added
2024-06-04 · 2 yrs old
Requires WP
6.1
Tested up to
6.9.11
Requires PHP
7.3

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.

86 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 87/100

Updated 254 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 56/100

3.7★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 6 Jun 2024 · 878 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+13% vs prior 30d
1131 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · peaks are release surges

41031 Oct 2026

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

Collapse Magic · #5242youAccordion FAQ · #960Ultimate FAQ Accordi · #1057Read More Without Re · #1345

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.731 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

7331 Oct 2026

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.

41031 Oct 2026

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

2

releases in the last 12 months

8mo ago

latest release · v1.5.0 · 19 Feb 2026

11

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5.0 · 19 Feb 20261.4.2 · 18 Dec 20251.4.1 · 11 Jul 20251.4.0 · 6 Jun 20251.3.3 · 25 Mar 20251.3.1 · 15 Nov 20241.3.0 · 28 Aug 20241.2.2 · 15 Aug 20241.2.1 · 29 Jul 20241.2.0 · 25 Jul 20241.1.0 · 4 Jun 2024

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 63% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.5 63%
v1.4 24%
v1.3 12%
v1.1 0.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

Crossed into this band 20 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

Install history since 5 Jun 2024

1K31 Oct 2026

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

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 29 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "The easy way to create a collapsible text block with a 'read-more' label on any page. Also provides a fadin..."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
  • ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("made for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Divi.
  • ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 2,232 characters of description.
  • ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Accordion", "fade content", "fade text", "read more text" missing).

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-03-23 900+ → 1K+ up after 21 days in tier
  2. 2025-03-02 800+ → 900+ up after 26 days in tier
  3. 2025-02-04 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-02-03 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2025-02-02 700+ → 800+ up after 26 days in tier
  6. 2025-01-07 600+ → 700+ up after 28 days in tier
  7. 2024-12-10 500+ → 600+ up after 25 days in tier
  8. 2024-11-15 400+ → 500+ up after 26 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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