Fast Short News
by codnloc · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 70+ installs across the portfolio →
A plugin to fast post and display short news updates on the front-end page or widget.
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Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈20 estimated
Momentum
-50%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “breaking news”, “fast news” and “news widget” 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.
60 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 1.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,186 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 573 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 573 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| breaking news your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| fast news your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| live news your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| news widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| short news your tag | Not checked yet | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “breaking news”, “fast news” and “news widget” 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 4 Nov 2024 · 726 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 189 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 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 21 Oct 2026.
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.6y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 6 Apr 2025
3
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 10 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 20.
Install history since 9 Nov 2024
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ codnloc1.9y ago
no more a lot of content
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mouha872.0y ago
This plugin is really very useful specially when your blog depends on short news This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by mouha87. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by mouha87.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mhndm2.0y ago
this is the only one plugin that deal with short and fast news without needs to put a lot of info for short post
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2
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
3 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 "A plugin to fast post and display short news updates on the front-end page or widget."
- ✓ 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 354 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("fast news", "live news", "News Widget" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-21 10+ → 20+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-10-13 20+ → 10+ down after 298 days in tier
- 2025-12-19 10+ → 20+ up
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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Yasham Live Feed — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
T4B News Ticker – Responsive News Scroller, Slider, and Animations 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
Vertical News Scroller 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Live News – Responsive News Ticker 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
News 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
News Ticker – Floating Headlines & Sticky Alerts 100+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B
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