Gist GitHub Shortcode
by Claudio Sanches · Uncategorized
Also makes 15 other plugins · 112.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds Github Gists in your posts via shortcode
47 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.20.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2212 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
68
now · peak 92
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
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
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
6.1y ago
latest release · v1.3.0
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-26 · 1,396 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ cooperka5.5y ago
Beautiful! Does what it says it does.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jezekjan8.4y ago
Love it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ qstudio11.7y ago
Simple, quick loading and clean – nice work 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ EdnilsonRobert11.9y ago
Very nice! Goodbye syntax highlighters. Thanx, Claudio.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ flamenco12.7y ago
Hi Claudio, Great stuff! Yours is the newest gist plugin I found. It was so easy to use, thank you !!! Here’s a thought… it says that it’s compatible with 3.8 (it is for me), and it also says that WP 3.8 is required, and I would guess that you can use earlier versions than that. 🙂 Thanks, Dave
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Josh Pollock13.0y ago
Easy to use. If you do the shortcode right it works, if not it does nothing. Simple as that.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-02-22 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-21 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-19 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-02-15 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-13 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-11 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-10 300+ → 200+ down after 336 days in tier
- 2024-03-11 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
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Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Gist GitHub Shortcode into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/gist-github-shortcode" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Gist GitHub Shortcode — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Gist GitHub Shortcode: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/gist-github-shortcode