Easy Populate Posts
by Iulia Cazan · Uncategorized
Also makes 7 other plugins · 21K+ installs across the portfolio →
Populate the sites with random content: title, type, terms, meta, images, status, date, parent, sticky, Gutenberg template, etc.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 81/100
no flags
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “content generator”, “generate content” and “random content” 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.
81 health vs 58 average across 25,756 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 29.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,774 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.
This plugin shipped 3 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 205 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.25★ 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.
38
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| populate posts your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| dummy content your tag | #8 | #9 | down 1 |
| dummy posts | #7 | #14 | 0 |
| dummy content generator | #8 | #12 | 0 |
| wp dummy content generator | #9 | #14 | down 1 |
| random posts | #20 | #17 | up 1 |
| content generator your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| generate content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| random content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “content generator”, “generate content” and “random content” 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 695 · 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.
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
7mo ago
latest release · v4.4.5 · 11 Apr 2026
34
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% 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 9 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 19 Jan 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Per Egil Roksvaag2.6y ago
This plugin saves you a lot of time when you need content for testing. With a few clicks, you have populated all the fields you need.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ washbert4.0y ago
Plugin did exactly as expected. Its nice searching for a random process that you wanna automate and find something like this. Would like a bit more control over the content without having to modify a template, but all in all more than gets the job done.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Christina4.6y ago
This is a very helpful and well organized, easy to use, clean interface plugin. Freaking love it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ karpushchenko5.9y ago
It is great, thank you. But I think it is not populating 100% of posts with newly created categories.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Md Shariar Sarkar6.5y ago
Tanks a lot for this tool, I really appreciate you work 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lucaseugenio7.1y ago
Amazing plugin, perfect for testing new themes. Actually the only one that I found, and is excellent.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ FriendlyWP7.1y ago
Thank so much for this plugin! Wonderful way to test out a bunch of content without having to fake it manually. I love that it can auto-delete on deactivation too. Any plans to add Gutenberg / Blocks content in future? Thanks again!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ user10522three9.2y ago
Hi, I love your plugin and the fact that it comes with default images. It is fast and easy to use. Though it failed to detect custom post types created using ToolSet plugin, hope you add support for it and add more options to your plugin, it has great potential. I am surprised that wordpress doesn’t have many such plugins. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
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
1 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, ACF.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 783 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("content generator", "dummy content", "generate content", "populate posts" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-09 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-05 200+ → 300+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-01-22 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-20 200+ → 300+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-01-08 300+ → 200+ down after 289 days in tier
- 2025-03-25 400+ → 300+ down after 70 days in tier
- 2025-01-14 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-01-09 400+ → 300+ down after 1 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).
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ShortCut and Dummy Text Generator – build block layouts in seconds 50+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Draxira – Dummy Content Generator — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Loremix Demo Content Generator — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Eazly Content Generator — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
FakerPress 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Random Content 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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