Easy Digital Downloads – Additional Shortcodes

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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.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

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.

1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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 21 Oct 2026.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share 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.

Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Manni02

   1.6y ago

   This is an excellent plugin, lightweight, that includes useful conditional shortcodes. I’m taking one star off because the plugin hasn’t been updated in years, so compatibility hasn’t been verified with recent versions of WordPress. This also triggers a warning in Wordfence (abandoned plugin). It would be great if the developer could check compatibility and update the plugin so that such warning isn’t triggered (I have requested this in a support thread here). This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by Manni02. This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by Manni02.

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2. ★★★★★ Arga90

   6.4y ago

   hi, Please update this plugin. thank you.

   Read on wp.org ↗

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8.2

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-27 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2026-04-24 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-04-20 400+ → 300+ down after 455 days in tier
4. 2025-01-20 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier
5. 2025-01-17 400+ → 500+ up after 6 days in tier
6. 2025-01-11 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
7. 2025-01-09 400+ → 500+ up after 6 days in tier
8. 2025-01-03 500+ → 400+ down after 300 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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Easy Digital Downloads – Additional Shortcodes: 300+ active installs, 4.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/edd-additional-shortcodes