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Full-Width Distraction-Free Writing

by gschoppe · Uncategorized

Enlarge DFW (Distraction-Free Writing) mode to fill the screen's width, giving users a real fullscreen editor.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 62 average across 5,220 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, well behind 6.8.

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.

35 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 7/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3563 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-55% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

50

now · peak 146

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

Full-Width Distracti · #39346 Black Studio TinyMCE · #234 AddQuicktag · #383 Post and Page Builde · #732

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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
9.8y ago
Added
2016-10-14 · 9 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.5.0
Tested up to
4.6.30
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2023-05-31 20+ → 10+ down after 19 days in band
  2. 2023-05-12 10+ → 20+ up after 32 days in band
  3. 2023-04-10 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in band
  4. 2023-04-05 10+ → 20+ up after 6 days in band
  5. 2023-03-30 20+ → 10+ down

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Full-Width Distraction-Free Writing: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/full-width-distraction-free-writing