Easy Symlinks
by Carl Alberto · Uncategorized
Also makes 7 other plugins · 630+ installs across the portfolio →
Manage symbolic links from the WordPress admin. Create and delete symlinks without CLI access, ideal for Pantheon environments.
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Health
B 80/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈140 estimated
Momentum
+10%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “pantheon”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 4.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,782 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 176 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ 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, 25d
14%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| symlink your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| symlinks your tag | #1 | #3 | 0 |
| pantheon your tag | #12 | #12 | down 2 |
| developer tools your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| file management your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “pantheon”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “developer tools” and “file management” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 230 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
6mo ago
latest release · v2.0.0 · 11 May 2026
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 70% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 35% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 467 days.
Install history since 2 Dec 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Joven Refuerzo5.0y ago
I personally love this plugin, but please add info or disclaimer that the plugin may not work if it sees the files/hard-directory/ that it should land to onset. So be sure to create a symlink in order: 1. install, create the symlink. 2. create the hard directory on files/ Other than that it’s an awesome tool! This topic was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by Joven Refuerzo.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Carey6.5y ago
This plugin is very useful on secured host that only allows writable permission on a particular folder
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tbream6.7y ago
For fans of Pantheon (which we are) and users of Divi’s Theme (which we regularly do), this is an indispensable time saver. Carl Alberto filled a major gap with this extremely easy to use tool. For those using Divi unfamiliar with the problem, after Divi version 4.0.5, you can’t use Divi on Pantheon without creating a symlink. The problem is that Divi after this version assumes that it has write access to the entire filesystem, which doesn’t work on Pantheon as it is a specialized platform that doesn’t have the standard LAMP/LEMP stack server configuration. This plugin will help you resolve this issue.
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Manage symbolic links from the WordPress admin. Create and delete symlinks without CLI access, ideal for Pa..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 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 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,531 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "developer-tools", "file management" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-28 70+ → 100+ up after 106 days in tier
- 2026-03-14 80+ → 70+ down after 232 days in tier
- 2025-07-25 90+ → 80+ down after 202 days in tier
- 2025-01-04 100+ → 90+ down after 918 days in tier
- 2022-07-01 50+ → 100+ up
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