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FG SPIP to WordPress

by Kerfred · Content & Feeds

Also makes 9 other plugins · 9.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

A plugin to migrate categories, articles, news, and images from SPIP to WordPress

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Health

A 90/100

no flags

Active installs

100+

≈190 estimated

Momentum

+32%

downloads vs prior 30d

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How scoring works →
90 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 92/100
Support 70/100

90 health vs 64 average across 1,198 Content & Feeds plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.3%

of downloads still active

At least 100 of 30.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 866 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds 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 4 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

Version
3.38.0
Last updated
19d ago
Added
2015-11-12 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.5
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
5.6

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.

95 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100

Updated 19 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 88/100

4.9★ over 32 reviews, smoothed to 4.41★

Listing tuning 92/100

4 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+32% vs prior 30d
222 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 607 · peaks are release surges

4902 Nov 2026

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 1 Nov 2026.

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.92 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

902 Nov 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.

4.9K2 Nov 2026

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

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

4

releases in the last 12 months

19d ago

latest release · v3.38.0 · 14 Oct 2026

138

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.38.0 · 14 Oct 20263.37.1 · 14 Aug 20263.37.0 · 21 Apr 20263.36.1 · 27 Jan 20263.35.1 · 28 Mar 20253.35.0 · 20 Jan 20253.34.1 · 4 Dec 20243.33.1 · 28 Oct 20243.33.0 · 5 Sep 20243.32.1 · 2 Sep 20243.32.0 · 21 Aug 20243.31.0 · 20 Aug 20243.30.3 · 17 Jul 20243.30.2 · 24 Jun 2024

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v3.37 84%
v3.35 16%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈190

Crossed into this band 13 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

Install history since 1 Feb 2016

1002 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ rostichep
    1.3y ago

    Importe du premier coup un gros site SPIP avec des milliers d’articles vers WordPress, des options trés intéressantes et permettant une grande flexibilité dans l’import.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ rubenxela
    2.0y ago

    mon premier essai sur un site d’environ 150 pages a été très concluant. Dès que j’ai un peu de temps je passe à la version Premium pour transférer un site avec plus de 50k articles, plus de 1000 membres, des mots cles … etc 😅

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ franckmee
    2.2y ago

    The plugin has one downside: importing a huge site can be tricky. I migrated a 4000+ posts, 1000+ keywords site from one (old) host to another, and imports tended to end before completion. You can restart an import where it was, but sometimes some database recordings are missed (my guess is the one the connection broke on can be lost sometimes). So as a workaround, I made a local MySQL backup of my Spip database, created a local WordPress site, used the plugin locally, and then exported the local WordPress site to my final host. That way, 1- the process is quicker so the risk of failure is lower 2- I could more easily check if everything had transferred, as everything was on the same database one the same computer. I also discovered a few bugs in the process (I think we had every type of taxonomy and links Spip was able to generate, with editors mixing complete URLs, local URLs and Spip shortlinks to posts, keywords and categories, all that often in the same post with random spaces before/after the post IDs!). And here’s the important thing: not only most of it worked out of the box (using the Pro version to manage taxonomies), but the plugin editor was one of the most reactive I’ve ever seen. Any bug report was usually assigned in the hour an corrected by the next day. So an overall efficient plugin (with some caveats for huge databases on slow hosts), and a very efficient support if you have any problem on the way.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  4. ★★★★★ cfabrice
    2.4y ago

    Speedy and top support ! We had apparently an import bug. It was fixed in a new released in a matter of a few hours… Amazing !

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. ★★★★★ Kristoff Bertram
    3.2y ago

    Without any prior knowledge of SPIP, I’ve used the SPIP to WordPress plug-in to successfully convert a larger, content heavy website. Not only did Frédéric and his team supported and advised me along the way, they also went above and beyond to help me out with a very specific use case. A customer service all of us should be inspired by. Highly recommended. Thanks again.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. ★★★★★ efquintana
    3.8y ago

    The plugin works fine with small sites, but with big ones you need to be careful. There will be times when it will tell you that the import is complete without reaching 100% and with the counters not reaching the total number of files and posts. In others, an error will appear that will make you think that things have failed. The problem is that nowhere does it warn you that in both cases the import continues and if you delete the content to start over, you will have a problem. You also can’t stop the import if for some reason you decide you don’t want to continue or you discover that there is something wrong and you have to start over. And even if the import ends, the bar will not reach 100%, so you will have to find out by comparing original and imported publications. The premium plugin doesn’t work better. It is the only option to import SPIP sites to WP but more reliable information on the process or greater control over the import would not be bad.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  7. ★★★★★ BijouLePou
    4.3y ago

    Nous avions besoin de migrer un site avec une très grande base de données et Frédéric Gilles a été super. Il a développé quelques add-ons sur mesure pour répondre à nos besoins. Merci!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  8. ★★★★★ Sandra Boulou
    4.8y ago

    TRrs bon plugin et support réactif !! je recommande

    Read on wp.org ↗

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 123 languages, 0 at 90% or more

French (France) 58%
German 38%
Polish 38%
Russian 38%
Spanish (Spain) 38%
Bulgarian 37%
Romanian 18%
Spanish (Chile) 18%
Catalan 11%
Chinese (China) 11%
Czech 11%
Dutch 11%
English (Canada) 11%
Finnish 11%
Hebrew 11%
Italian 11%
Japanese 11%
Portuguese (Brazil) 11%
Portuguese (Portugal) 11%
Serbian 11%
Slovak 11%
Turkish 11%
Ukrainian 11%
Croatian 10%

Plus 99 more locales with partial translations.

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

7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "A plugin to migrate categories, articles, news, and images from SPIP to WordPress"
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 15 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 15 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 Mentions WPML, Multisite.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 4 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 1,247 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "converter", "importer" do not.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-09-28 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
  2. 2025-09-23 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2025-09-21 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in tier
  4. 2025-09-18 100+ → 90+ down after 24 days in tier
  5. 2025-08-25 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
  6. 2025-08-20 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
  7. 2025-08-17 90+ → 100+ up after 70 days in tier
  8. 2025-06-08 100+ → 90+ down after 12 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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FG SPIP to WordPress: 100+ active installs, 4.9★ (32 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/fg-spip-to-wp

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