Ghost

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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

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

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 67% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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

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1. ★★★★★ spreaditunlimited

   2.0y ago

   causing wordpress’ critical error on website

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2. ★★★★★ miheui

   3.3y ago

   I keep having an error when trying to use this plugin: “There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.” Looking at the support forum for it, other people have already reported the error. This topic was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by miheui.

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3. ★★★★★ myecommerce

   6.9y ago

   This is a super useful tool for one-click content export from WordPress to Ghost. If you’re switching to Ghost, from WordPress, you need this plugin.

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4. ★★★★★ JohnONolan

   6.9y ago

   Hopefully this plugin helps you move your data quickly and easily 🙂 let us know if you have any feedback

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5. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 14292070

   11.4y ago

   Works well

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6. ★★★★★ Stephan

   12.2y ago

   While the overall export works just nicely, it does not convert your HTML to Markdown, which makes it unusable for me. All my entries need manual post-processing in Ghost to be able to format them correctly. It would be nice to see this plugin enhanced to convert HTML to Markdown while doing the export.

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7. ★★★★★ EliteZERO

   12.9y ago

   I just followed the instructions on the export page and everything worked perfectly as intended 🙂

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 Ghost <= 1.4.0 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure ↗
   2024-05-07 CVE-2024-34559 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File Affects <= 1.4.0 Patched in 1.5.0
2. High · 7.5 Ghost <= 0.5.5 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
   2016-04-28 CVE-2016-10983 Missing Authorization Affects <= 0.5.5 Patched in 0.5.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-09 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-08-07 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2026-08-05 600+ → 500+ down after 192 days in tier
4. 2026-01-25 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
5. 2026-01-23 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
6. 2026-01-22 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2026-01-21 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2026-01-20 700+ → 600+ down after 2 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).

• WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to Any Custom CSV, XML & Excel 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• WP Import Export Lite 40K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• T Tilda-publishing 700+ installs · 3.8★ · 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
• WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A

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Ghost: 500+ active installs, 3.6★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ghost