Create with Code
by pddring · Uncategorized
Create with code lets you quickly embed and run your python projects in your website / blog
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Health
C 57/100
Stale · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
300+
≈370 estimated
Momentum
+13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “code” for “teaching”. “code” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “teaching” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
57 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.2%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 13.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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: Update recency
Updated 681 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 681 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
43
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| createwithcode your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| python your tag | #19 | #15 | 0 |
| teaching | #22 | #17 | up 2 |
| code your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| computing your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| cs your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 2 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
- Swap “code” for “teaching”. “code” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “teaching” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 246 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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 21 Oct 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
6.6y ago
latest release · v1.4 · 26 Mar 2020
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Jul 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ headyrooms9mo ago
This plugin was perfect for my use case. I wanted to embed a Python script in a WordPress post and allow readers to execute it to see console print. I also hoped I could use the short code in a post’s “excerpt” and it would just work. Indeed, it just worked.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ishaq015.7y ago
It is a good plugin with python 3 support and allows u to run and test python within you browser. It have some limitations but I think, with all its features these limitations are bearable.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ WPguy5.9y ago
I’m not sure why the plugin doesn’t get as much love as it deserves. It’s free and simple. Great for programming basics. It surely has some limitations but it does its job well. This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by WPguy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ joooeey6.1y ago
I was quite excited about this tool. Then disappointed to find out that the interpreter doesn’t implement the Python language correctly. Literally the first I thing I tried didn’t work the way it should: Python guarantees that sorting is stable, so if you run sorted(mylist, key=...) twice with different key keywords, the first sort should be preserved. But that didn’t work in Withcode. Too bad.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zer0sn0t7.8y ago
This plugin is very easy to use. It allows you to run Python 3 code and displays the output on your website. The code displayed is color coded and we have a big sign informing the user to press “ctrl + enter” to run the Python 3 code. I like the color combination and the big sign (though I wish that that sign was permanent). What I understand is that Python is installed on a remote server. This plugin allows you to make requests to that server with Python code, run it, and fetch the output. This is done easily with a ctrl+enter keyboard shortcut. Once you enter the hotkey, it displays the output in a pretty well-contrasted theme that IMO is a color combination that should work with loads of themes. As for the execution of the code, I think that it is pretty flawless. Although I’m not sure whether file management is supported or not. The execution is pretty instantaneous runs, pretty flawlessly, on a remote server. Everything runs in a sandboxed environment. So you don’t need to bother about any python installation issues + security issues. The default color for this widget is quite classy and it goes with multiple theme selections. Overall, I’m quite satisfied with this plugin. This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by zer0sn0t. This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by zer0sn0t.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.4). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 Create with Code <= 1.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-01-24 CVE-2025-24638 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4 Patched in 1.5
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create with code lets you quickly embed and run your python projects in your website / blog"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,477 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("computing", "createwithcode", "cs" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 400+ → 300+ down after 251 days in tier
- 2025-11-01 500+ → 400+ down after 285 days in tier
- 2025-01-20 400+ → 500+ up after 47 days in tier
- 2024-12-04 500+ → 400+ down after 322 days in tier
- 2024-01-17 600+ → 500+ down after 1088 days in tier
- 2021-01-24 300+ → 600+ up
Competes with
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