Easy Text-to-Speech
by handyplugins · Uncategorized
Also makes 11 other plugins · 12.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Easy Text-to-Speech is a powerful, user-friendly WordPress plugin designed to transform your textual content into high-quality synthesized speech.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈28 estimated
Momentum
-42%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “speech”. #15 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 →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 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 2 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 78 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ 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.
35
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| text to speech your tag | #12 | #20 | down 2 |
| speech your tag | #15 | #21 | down 2 |
| web speech | #9 | #16 | 0 |
| speech to text | #10 | #21 | 0 |
| ai text to speech | #11 | #18 | down 1 |
| text transform | #19 | #24 | 0 |
| text to voice | #18 | #22 | 0 |
| accessibility your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| audio your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| voice your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “speech”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “text to speech”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “accessibility”, “audio” and “voice” 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 18 May 2024 · 899 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.5K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.2.1 · 17 Aug 2026
9
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 30.
Install history since 17 May 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ t0m4u1.5y ago
So, I installed the free version and went through all the trouble and signed up for an AWS account to use Polly voices, which sound reasonable. However, my blogposts have a length of about 1500 to 3500 words, and the free version of Easy Text To Speech says after all that the length of the content is too long. It will not take it. This fact is not disclosed as a limitation by the makers of the plugin. Otherwise the free version is really barebones. This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by t0m4u.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thaomy2.1y ago
After testing over 20 plugins, I finally found this one. I was pleasantly surprised by its user-friendly interface and the quick support from the developer. Although it’s still version 1, it already offers a good range of options. I hope the team continues to improve it, as many people are in need of such a plugin, but there are very few that offer this many features.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Emre Erkan2.5y ago
We’ve been using the voice sample trained with ElevenLabs in various projects for a long time. When we started looking for a plugin to use for T2S on our website, we came across this plugin. Our tests with Amazon Polly went wonderfully. Thanks to the detailed instructions, we were able to launch Polly on our website very quickly. After gaining a bit more familiarity, I plan to try the Pro version with ElevenLabs as well.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 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 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 Mentions Cloudflare, OpenAI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,735 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "text to speech" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 30+ → 20+ down after 136 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 20+ → 30+ up after 41 days in tier
- 2026-04-17 40+ → 20+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2026-04-10 30+ → 40+ up after 40 days in tier
- 2026-03-01 40+ → 30+ down after 88 days in tier
- 2025-12-03 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-02 50+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-30 40+ → 50+ up after 29 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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ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Real Voice – Text to Speech 200+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
Say It! 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D -
Spoken Word 90+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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