Content Fetcher
by Ruhul Amin · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 200+ installs across the portfolio →
Fetch content from any website with simple shortcode
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 64/100
Stale · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+15%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “scraper” for “fetcher”. “scraper” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “fetcher” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
64 health vs 58 average across 25,769 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 8.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 387 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 7.1
3.2★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
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.
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.
42
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
29%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| content fectcher your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| fetcher | #4 | #7 | down 1 |
| content fetching your tag | #11 | #20 | — |
| content scraper your tag | #11 | #19 | down 3 |
| wikipedia | #22 | #19 | down 1 |
| data scrape your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| scraper your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “scraper” for “fetcher”. “scraper” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “fetcher” sits at #4 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 “content fetching”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “content scraper”. #11 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 313 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.1y ago
latest release · v1.1 · 11 Oct 2025
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.1 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 80% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 663 days.
Install history since 19 Oct 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ pparkadmin1.2y ago
Seems to have stopped working with the published HTML version of google sheets, was working fine till a month ago.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ allbrandsmatter4.7y ago
Doesn’t work (anymore). I’ve tried different things, but it just doesn’t work. I’ll change my rating to 5 stars as well when it works!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ C774.8y ago
Not working. If plugin author sees this review, please reply, and I will change my rating. Thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bazilio076.0y ago
Author, amasing plugin, but please add auto-update content every hour, that would be great.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ derekmacewen6.1y ago
I use it to parse info from another site to display draw date and current jackpot for a lottery draw, and it works well! I have to invoke the plugin twice with different parameters to get the two pieces of info, but it doesn’t appear to slow my site down appreciably. I couldn’t find any other free plugin that would do this, and I like the fact that it’s very few lines of code, so there’s little to go wrong.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ruhul Amin9.4y ago
it works
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.1). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 Content Fetcher <= 1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-12-31 CVE-2025-49358 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1 No patch available
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.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "if you need").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,385 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("content fectcher", "content fetching", "content scraper", "data scrape", "scraper" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-10-04 100+ → 200+ up
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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