Drop Cap Shortcode
by Eka Kurniawan · Uncategorized
Just change your first letters in your paragraph with a shortcode to turn it into a drop cap.
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈550 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “change letter”, “drop cap” and “drop cap shortcode plugin” 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.
42 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.7%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 18.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 7 reviews to 2020-11-13Recent reviewers call it simple, easy to restyle and still working fine on newer WordPress, while the complaints about a bundled spam menu and sloppy markup all date back to 2014 and 2015.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4351 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 6.8
3.3★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.00★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4351 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| change letter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| drop cap your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| drop cap shortcode plugin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| first letter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “change letter”, “drop cap” and “drop cap shortcode plugin” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 181 · 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
11.9y ago
latest release · v1.3 · 3 Dec 2014
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 18 Mar 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ todindiana6.0y ago
This works great in Classic WP 5.53, 2020-1112. Easy to change styles, just what I needed. Thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ahmetcapulcu8.1y ago
Easy to use. Really simple plugin but works. Thanks. (Maybe adding few options would be nice but can be done by changing plugin’s css I guess)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gusdelcastillo8.5y ago
More flexible and easy to customize than any other.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Karl-Heinz Klug11.1y ago
Cool Plugin, i like it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alexdjordjic11.4y ago
There is a problem. This plugin no works with adsense. Ads no appears
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ LibertyTalk FM11.9y ago
Following an update to the most recent version, the plugin now installs the SPAM menu known as “Best Web Layout” listed in Admin Menu as BWL. Way to tarnish an otherwise good plugin with unwanted bloated junk.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dan Knauss12.3y ago
This plugin does not produce a true shortcode. It introduces non-standard, ambiguous markup — single open/close brackets around a single letter. This causes problems for excerpts and is indistinguishable from a commonly used way to indicate alterations in a quotation. Additionally, the plugin looks for each letter of the Latin alphabet and applies its own markup and CSS but without providing unique classes for each letter. This is useless for non-Latin alphabets, it’s useless if you want to create custom styles for each letter, and it’s useless in every other respect as well.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Just change your first letters in your paragraph with a shortcode to turn it into a drop cap."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 518 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "change letter", "drop cap shortcode plugin" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-22 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-21 500+ → 600+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 600+ → 500+ down after 210 days in tier
- 2025-09-17 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-16 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-14 700+ → 600+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-11 600+ → 700+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2025-08-25 700+ → 600+ down after 13 days in tier
Competes with
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