Easy Custom Auto Excerpt
by todiadiyatmo · Search
Also makes 3 other plugins · 6.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Auto Excerpt for your posts on home, search and archive pages. Customize Read More button and thumbnail image. Easy to configure and have a lot of opt …
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Health
C 61/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
6K+
≈6.5K estimated
Momentum
+40%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “archive” for “auto excerpt”. “archive” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “auto excerpt” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
61 health vs 63 average across 979 Search plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 6K of 324.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Search plugin keeps 0.7%, across 645 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Search plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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 928 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 151 reviews, smoothed to 4.40★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Last updated 928 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
+0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| auto excerpt | #17 | #21 | 0 |
| automatic excerpt | #21 | #20 | 0 |
| archive your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| automatic your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| excerpt your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| home your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “archive” for “auto excerpt”. “archive” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “auto excerpt” 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 6.5K · 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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% 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 “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 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 2 Apr 2015
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.5.0 Fixed bug: Password-protected post content should not be shown 2.5.0
- — Version 2.4.12 New license manager 2.4.12
- — Version 2.4.11 Add new option to set excert font size Add new option to link image inside excerpt to single post 2.4.11
- — Version 2.4.10 Fixed some bugs in settings page 2.4.10
- — Version 2.4.9 Fixed some minor bugs in character excerpt 2.4.9
- — Version 2.4.8 Fixed bug in excerpt method character 2.4.8
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.5.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2018-11-13 CVE-2018-5311 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 2.4.7 Patched in 2.4.7
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 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 70 languages, 4 at 90% or more · development strings
Plus 46 more locales with partial translations.
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Auto Excerpt for your posts on home, search and archive pages. Customize Read More button and thumbnail ima..."
- ! 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 ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WPML.
- ✓ Headings and lists 16 headings and 32 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,177 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "automatic" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-03 7K+ → 6K+ down after 326 days in tier
- 2025-05-12 8K+ → 7K+ down after 194 days in tier
- 2024-10-30 9K+ → 8K+ down after 134 days in tier
- 2024-06-18 10K+ → 9K+ down
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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Sitekit 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
Stealth Publish 900+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D - W WP-UTF8-Excerpt 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search & Replace 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C
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