DocumentCloud
by muckrock · Uncategorized
Embed DocumentCloud resources in WordPress content.
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Health
C 66/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.9K estimated
Momentum
+32%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “documents”, “reporting” and “research” for “navi”, “reporter” and “annotate”. “documents” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “navi” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “reporting” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “reporter” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “research” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “annotate” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
66 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 63.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2015-08-25The one review here rates it 4 stars but flags a caching plugin conflict and missing legacy shortcode support, with no response from the developer.
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 402 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.10★ 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| documentcloud your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| journalism your tag | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| reporter | #12 | #15 | down 1 |
| navi | #10 | #11 | 0 |
| annotate | #17 | #18 | 0 |
| documents your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| reporting your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| research your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “documents”, “reporting” and “research” for “navi”, “reporter” and “annotate”. “documents” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “navi” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “reporting” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “reporter” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “research” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “annotate” sits at #17 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.9K · peaks are release surges
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
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 · v0.7.0 · 24 Sep 2025
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 13% 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 “1K+”. 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 90% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Jul 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Michael Fraase11.2y ago
There’s apparently no legacy support for Navis DocumentCloud shortcodes, even though Navis says there is. DocumentCloud is, of course, silent on the issue. Thanks so very, very much. [Update: Monday, 24 August 2015 10:21PM CDT]: There appears to be a conflict with WP Rocket. [Update: Tuesday, 25 August 2015 1:08AM CDT]: This is definitely a conflict with WP Rocket. I’ve opened a trouble ticket with them, and I’m adding the same here on the support forum. [Update: Tuesday, 25 August 2015 6:54PM CDT]: I’ve changed my rating as this is clearly a WP Rocket problem (or a problem with my WP Rocket configuration which hasn’t been a problem previously). Deactivating WP Rocket causes DocumentCloud embeds to render as expected. Even more interestingly, leaving WP Rocket deactivated and turning on Wordfence’s Falcon Engine caching doesn’t interfere with DocumentCloud embeds. Go figure.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3
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
3 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 "Embed DocumentCloud resources in WordPress content."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Zoom.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,377 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("journalism", "reporting", "research" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-10-04 700+ → 1K+ up after 256 days in tier
- 2022-01-21 600+ → 700+ up after 676 days in tier
- 2020-03-16 200+ → 600+ up after 1287 days in tier
- 2016-09-06 50+ → 200+ up after 355 days in tier
- 2015-09-17 10+ → 50+ 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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My Research — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
PDF Embedder – PDF Viewer & Embed PDF Files for WordPress 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Document Gallery 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B - B BuddyPress Docs 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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Ninjalytics: Sales Reports & Order Export for WooCommerce and EDD 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Fatal Error Notify 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for DocumentCloud into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/documentcloud" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="DocumentCloud — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> DocumentCloud: 1K+ active installs, 4.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/documentcloud
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