Editorial Workflow Manager
by vzisis · Blocks
Also makes 2 other plugins · 100+ installs across the portfolio →
Editorial checklist and pre-publish workflow for Gutenberg. Create reusable checklists, automatic checks, and clear publishing readiness.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
100+
≈200 estimated
Momentum
+125%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “checklist” for “workflow”. “checklist” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “workflow” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.1%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,579 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks 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 21 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 7 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| editorial checklist | #5 | #13 | 0 |
| editorial workflow your tag | #7 | #19 | down 3 |
| editorial | #16 | #23 | down 5 |
| workflow | #24 | #23 | down 1 |
| pre publish checklist | #8 | #22 | down 3 |
| editorial tools | #11 | #21 | up 1 |
| publishing workflow | #16 | #23 | down 1 |
| blog publish checklist | #21 | #22 | down 6 |
| checklist your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| content workflow your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| gutenberg your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| publishing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
15 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “checklist” for “workflow”. “checklist” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “workflow” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Jan 2026 · 298 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 430 · 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 21 Oct 2026.
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
21
releases in the last 12 months
7d ago
latest release · v1.5.0 · 24 Oct 2026
21
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 10 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 305 days.
Install history since 6 Jan 2026
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Editorial checklist and pre-publish workflow for Gutenberg. Create reusable checklists, automatic checks, a..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 16 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 16 of 16 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("designed for", "built for", "use it").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 11 headings and 9 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 8,549 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "content workflow" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-21 200+ → 100+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 100+ → 200+ up after 198 days in tier
- 2026-02-14 90+ → 100+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2026-01-22 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-18 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-14 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-13 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-11 40+ → 50+ up after 2 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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Classic Editor 8M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A - C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Disable Gutenberg 500K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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