Dashboard for Pressbooks and H5P
by Paul Ryan · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 4 other plugins · 36.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Generates summaries of H5P content and results in a Pressbooks book.
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈94 estimated
Momentum
+4%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “dashboard” and “widget” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
79 health vs 56 average across 5,909 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.8%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 5.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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
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 169 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 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.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
27%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pressbooks your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| h5p your tag | #3 | #11 | up 1 |
| dashboard your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 9 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
- “dashboard” and “widget” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 368 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ 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
Occasionally updatedHow 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
6mo ago
latest release · v1.1.8 · 19 May 2026
2
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 “90+”. 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 36% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 100+ in roughly 411 days.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Tele-Cole6.4y ago
This is an extra-ultra-awesome contribution, thanks for your job. But, hard to instal, I dont have success still… ..and, there are no way to do a similar work, about h5p, for single wordpress installations sites? Its already hard persuade to the teachers to use a regular wordpress site to improve their use of the techno education tools based on wordpress (the best choice for education, in my opinion)… imagine how hard is for the regular teacher manage a wpmu site. Thanks a lot anyway! This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by Tele-Cole. This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by Tele-Cole. This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by Tele-Cole. This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by Tele-Cole. This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by Tele-Cole.
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Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
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
3 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 "Generates summaries of H5P content and results in a Pressbooks book."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); 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 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,576 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-25 80+ → 90+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 90+ → 80+ down after 86 days in tier
- 2026-03-02 80+ → 90+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 90+ → 80+ down after 249 days in tier
- 2025-05-26 100+ → 90+ down after 44 days in tier
- 2025-04-12 90+ → 100+ up after 157 days in tier
- 2024-11-06 80+ → 90+ up after 72 days in tier
- 2024-08-26 70+ → 80+ up after 93 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).
- D Dashboard Notepad 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Dashboard Widgets Suite 4K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Dashboard Columns 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Admin Dashboard Last Edits 900+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - C Custom Dashboard Help Widget 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Dashboard for Pressbooks and H5P into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/dashboard-for-pressbooks-h5p" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Dashboard for Pressbooks and H5P — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Dashboard for Pressbooks and H5P: 90+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-04. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/dashboard-for-pressbooks-h5p
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