French Typo
by Jason Rouet · Uncategorized
Apply French typography rules to your WordPress content automatically.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈200 estimated
Momentum
+96%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “typography” for “nbsp”. “typography” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nbsp” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →11%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 1.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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.
This plugin shipped 7 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 39 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| typo | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| french your tag | #2 | #15 | 0 |
| nbsp | #4 | #13 | 0 |
| text formatting your tag | #9 | #19 | 0 |
| français your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| typographie your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| typography your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
15 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “typography” for “nbsp”. “typography” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nbsp” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 19 Nov 2025 · 346 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 390 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
7
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.2.4 · 22 Sep 2026
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 200.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 229 days.
Install history since 20 Nov 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ carosch4mo ago
Bonjour, Je viens de tester le plugin, il fait disparaitre les couleurs et images de fond. désinstallé immédiatement.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SeeRealMy7mo ago
Fini les “?” et les “:” qui finissent orphelins en début de ligne… Et pas seulement… La gestion des espaces insécables et des espaces fines sur le web est généralement mise de côté, et c’est bien domage. Ce plugin (paramétrable) rectifie le tir. Plus besoin d’insérer manuellement dans le code des “ ” ! MERCI
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chaplin898mo ago
Je pensais devoir coder ça moi-même mais tu as fait ça parfaitement. Juste merci 😉
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Béryl de La Grandière12mo ago
Merci Jason, super initiative, ça manquait !Je regarde ta todo et j’ai quelques remarques à ajouter Concernant les abréviations de nombres ordinauxpremier donne bien 1er mais première donne 1re et non 1ère Deuxième et troisième donnent 2e et 3e dans tous les cas, pas de 2ème ou 3ème Sinon les numéraux indéfinis s’abrègent en nième nième et xième, ce qui est calqué sur leur prononciation.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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
5 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 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 Yoast, Rank Math, ACF, WPML and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,387 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("français", "text-formatting", "typographie" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-20 100+ → 200+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-10-06 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-10-02 100+ → 200+ up after 234 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-08 100+ → 90+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-02-02 90+ → 100+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2026-01-12 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-09 90+ → 80+ down after 16 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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Seed Fonts 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
wp-Typography 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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