GatherContent Plugin
by Mark Young · Content & Feeds
Also makes 1 other plugin · 90+ installs across the portfolio →
Quickly transfer structured content to and from your GatherContent projects and your WordPress site.
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Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
70+
≈79 estimated
Momentum
+44%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “gather content”, “import” and “migrate” 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.
50 health vs 64 average across 1,193 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 70 of 53.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 864 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 815 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14; the current branch is 6.8
3.6★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 815 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.
47
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 8d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 8d
+0.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| gathercontent your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| gather content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| import your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| migrate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| structured content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “gather content”, “import” and “migrate” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 894 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #18,200 to #19,000, alongside the other plugins at 70+ 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
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
2.2y ago
latest release · v3.2.22 · 7 Aug 2024
64
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% 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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 46 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 80.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jmackler5.8y ago
Amazingly, the Gather Content people are clearly not maintaining this plugin. We had major import problems and their support had no interest in helping (despite being paid customers of the service). We now have to manually move over 500 content items and are really not happy. It might work for you, but you take the risk of being stuck and getting no support.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hannah9.1y ago
I just used this plugin to handle field mapping when exporting content from one WordPress site into another one, with different fields and taxonomies, and it was super helpful. It helped that we were already using GatherContent as part of our editorial workflow. Especially helpful was the ability to concatenate text fields with no code. It made it easy handling importing content from a complex custom post type in the old site to a simpler custom post type in the new site. Thanks for your excellent work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sdcorrey10.2y ago
Awesome way to manage the edit/revision workflow outside of WP and then import it. Huge time and stress saver for large sites. You can view the status if every page of content at a glance!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ invisiblue10.3y ago
I attempted to use this to import 700+ WooCommerce products, which was a big mistake. It became very labor intensive as the plugin doesn’t handle mass amounts of products like this very well, and there are some key pieces that just don’t even work. They’ve promised a new version for a while now.. so I’ll keep checking back to see if the issues have been resolved, as there is a lot of great potential with this plugin, but the execution is currently lacking. I’m a big fan of what this could be!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bridgecreative11.1y ago
The GatherContent WordPress plugin has worked well for us and is a great tool to import the content directly into WordPress. It eliminates data entry mistakes and we are able to route ACF images and Yoast content too. Nice work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Innocey11.2y ago
I have the latest version of WordPress installed and this plugin works well. Sure, it may seem a little “clunky” but that is only said if pushed to find a criticism. However, it DOES function as it should, you can import content using settings for each individual item if you wanted to but there is an option to repeat the configuration (if all your content is going into the same post type etc). All in all a real timesaver!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RyGanley13.0y ago
The old one works far better. This one forces you to make your imports all posts or all pages. Crap.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.1
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 31 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 Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("If you need help").
- ! 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, Advanced Custom Fields.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,684 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "gather content", "migrate" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-15 80+ → 70+ down after 66 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 90+ → 80+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-06-29 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 90+ → 80+ down after 39 days in tier
- 2026-05-20 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-19 90+ → 80+ down after 82 days in tier
- 2026-02-26 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-24 90+ → 80+ down after 3 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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Search & Replace 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
WP Import Export Lite 40K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
ManageWP Worker 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
One Click Demo Import 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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