Continuous PDF Viewer
by joneiseman · Blocks
A high-performance, WordPress-native PDF viewer powered by PDF.js with a shortcode generator and Gutenberg block integration.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈20 estimated
Momentum
-38%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “document viewer” for “continuous”. “document viewer” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “continuous” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 71 average across 2,526 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 1.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,580 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks 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 17 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 8 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
2.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.06★ 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.
22
Momentum
Losing ground
-2.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-3.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| continuous | #8 | #24 | down 3 |
| document viewer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gutenberg your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pdf your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pdf viewer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pdf.js your tag | Not checked yet | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “document viewer” for “continuous”. “document viewer” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “continuous” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 4 May 2026 · 182 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 401 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, 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 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
17
releases in the last 12 months
8d ago
latest release · v2.1.21 · 24 Oct 2026
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 20.
Install history since 3 May 2026
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A high-performance, WordPress-native PDF viewer powered by PDF.js with a shortcode generator and Gutenberg..."
- ! 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 Gutenberg, YouTube.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,445 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "document viewer" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-27 20+ → 10+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 10+ → 20+ 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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PDF viewer for Elementor & Gutenberg 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
PDF Embedder – PDF Viewer & Embed PDF Files for WordPress 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files 50K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
PDF Poster – Let visitors read PDF’s without leaving the page 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Document Embedder – let visitors read files without downloading 9K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Algori PDF Viewer 7K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
Embed this report card
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