Excerpt Tools
by Marcus Downing · Uncategorized
Change the default text and description of the excerpt box, add an excerpt box to pages and show a jQuery character counter and limiter.
45 health vs 68 average across 3,110 Uncategorized plugins
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
86
now · peak 218
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “300+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-12 400+ → 300+ down after 116 days in band
- 2025-09-18 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-16 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-14 300+ → 400+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-09-08 400+ → 300+ down after 748 days in band
- 2023-08-22 500+ → 400+ down after 63 days in band
- 2023-06-20 400+ → 500+ up after 11 days in band
- 2023-06-09 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Toggle wpautop 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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