Export Categories
by Shambhu Patnaik · Uncategorized
Also makes 6 other plugins · 2.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
export you wordpress categories only to another wordpress site
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Health
B 84/100
Open vulnerability
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “categories” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
84 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.8%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 26K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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.
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 1 day ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 4.24★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 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.
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.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| export categories your tag | #1 | #2 | — |
| categories | #6 | #8 | 0 |
| export your tag | #19 | #17 | — |
| page categories | #18 | #22 | — |
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “categories” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 384 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.7 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 2 Feb 2016
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
2 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 "export you wordpress categories only to another wordpress site"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 313 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 1 of 2 tags appear in the text; "export categories" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-02-09 2K+ → 1K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-02-06 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-02-03 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-02 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-01 2K+ → 1K+ down after 93 days in tier
- 2023-10-31 1K+ → 2K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2023-10-26 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-10-24 1K+ → 2K+ up after 4 days in tier
Competes with
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