Easy Liveblogs
by Jeffrey van Rossum · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 250+ installs across the portfolio →
Live blogging made easy with the Easy Liveblogs plugin from vanrossum.dev.
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Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+40%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 36/100. Last updated 712 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
60 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 10.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 712 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
3.8★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.07★ and held back under 25 reviews
1 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 712 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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| liveblog your tag | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| wordpress liveblog | #5 | #4 | down 1 |
| live blogging | #21 | #22 | up 2 |
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 376 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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
2.0y ago
latest release · v2.3.7 · 20 Nov 2024
28
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 “200+”. 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 16 Apr 2021
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.3.7). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Easy Liveblogs <= 2.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-11-22 CVE-2024-11387 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.3.5 Patched in 2.3.6
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.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 2 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.
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 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 379 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 1 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-07 300+ → 200+ down after 204 days in tier
- 2025-09-15 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-14 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-09-11 200+ → 300+ up after 789 days in tier
- 2023-07-15 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-07-12 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-07-10 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-07-07 200+ → 100+ down after 3 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).
- L Liveblog 2K+ installs · 3.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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Arena.IM – Live Blogging for real-time events 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
DmiMag LiveBlog. Live broadcast 30+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
ScribbleLive WP 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
OnCue Liveblogging 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Live Blog WP – Easy WordPress Live Blogging 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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