GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin
by Creative-Solutions · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Free WordPress text to speech audio player for accessibility. Add audio to posts with OpenAI, Gemini and Google Cloud voices. No API keys.
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Health
A 89/100
no flags
Active installs
3K+
≈3.9K estimated
Momentum
-20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “accessibility” for “kannada”. “accessibility” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “kannada” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
89 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 205.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 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 26 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 18 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 178 reviews, smoothed to 4.65★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| narration | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| tts your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| text to speech your tag | #4 | #2 | 0 |
| speech your tag | #5 | #4 | 0 |
| speech synthesis | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| ai tts | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| text 2 speech | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| tts player | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| text to audio your tag | #8 | #6 | down 1 |
| kannada | #5 | #3 | 0 |
| speech to text | #5 | #3 | 0 |
| tts audio | #3 | #2 | 0 |
| google speech | #4 | #3 | 0 |
| web speech | #4 | #3 | 0 |
| listening | #10 | #6 | 0 |
| ai text to speech | #6 | #3 | down 1 |
| voice | #12 | #9 | 0 |
| nepali | #11 | #3 | up 1 |
| mood | #14 | #8 | 0 |
| creative commons | #18 | #9 | down 1 |
| accessibility your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
150 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 124 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 “accessibility” for “kannada”. “accessibility” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “kannada” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 11.9K · peaks are release surges
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
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.
26
releases in the last 12 months
24d ago
latest release · v3.23.1 · 7 Oct 2026
165
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 17 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Jan 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ helenacardoso5mo ago
I’ve been trying to contact customer service since June 5, and I haven’t received a response since then… I’m disappointed. This topic was modified 1 month ago by helenacardoso.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Renaat5mo ago
The GSpeech plugin works well to start making your WordPress post, pages,… in speech. I love the audio voice quality. The plugin is simple to set up, but I am missing additional tweaking possibilities that hopefully will be launched in the next release. Well working plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rchappell5mo ago
Easy to install and works great. AI voices so much better than the tinny computerized ones. My readers love it. Excellect customer service! Questions and issues resolved very quickly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ adminthiele5mo ago
GSpeech came with such promise I was excited to use it but without an UNLIMITED level to pay for, I was left having to deactivate soon after becoming familiar due to getting a notice I’d exceeded the limit—so my guests, members and partners get a notice “Audio limit has been exceeded!” not the kind of professional look we’d like to have. Thankfully we never removed GPTranslate so it was still able to be access by the many languages we serve in our ministry. This topic was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by adminthiele.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ biancaalencar5mo ago
Great plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous5mo ago
★★★★★ Outstanding product, outstanding service. I run Critical Skills Blog an archive of nearly 1,000 articles with a wide readership in the United States and abroad. GSpeech has been invaluable. The text-to-speech is natural, the player is clean, and my readers comment on it often — many tell me they now listen to posts they would otherwise have only skimmed. When I have run into a problem, Simon has resolved it promptly and explained the fix in detail. That kind of responsiveness is rare. You get the sense the founder is genuinely behind the product. On the whole: an excellent tool backed by excellent service. I recommend GSpeech highly. Tell your friends. ~ CCJ
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ shermangeni7mo ago
So far, everything has worked as expected. There was a small bug, but it was fixed immediately.I recommend it. Thanks 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Neptune's Beard9mo ago
Very easy install on WordPress. Excellent, quick, and personable (human) customer support. But most importantly, the very natural cadence and inflection of the AI-generated voices are unmatched (especially compared to voice options on other blogging platforms). In other instances, I have found myself rewriting sentences to get generated speech to convey the meaning correctly, and not always successfully. Not a problem here, especially with the voice named “James.” Whether with my narratives or poetry, the AI reader conveys the meaning perfectly 99% of the time. Looking forward to honing this tool further. And thanks again to support for going the extra mile. This topic was modified 5 months, 4 weeks ago by Neptune's Beard. This topic was modified 5 months, 4 weeks ago by Neptune's Beard.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 3.21.3 Content corrections. 3.21.3
- — Version 3.21.0 Content corrections. Style corrections. 3.21.0
- — Version 3.20.7 Option corrections. 3.20.7
- — Version 3.20.6 Content updates. 3.20.6
- — Version 3.20.2 Post types filter issue fixed. Readme updates. 3.20.2
- — Version 3.20.1 Backend parameter improvements. Readme updates. 3.20.1
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.23.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched High · 7.2 GSpeech TTS <= 3.22.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content ↗2026-10-01 CVE-2026-96578 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.22.0 Patched in 3.22.1
- Patched Medium · 4.9 GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin <= 3.17.13 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL injection ↗2025-10-17 CVE-2025-10187 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 3.17.3 Patched in 3.18.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
8 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Free WordPress text to speech audio player for accessibility. Add audio to posts with OpenAI, Gemini and Go..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 25 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 25 of 25 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("built for", "ideal for", "use cases").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Gutenberg, Divi and 10 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 21 headings and 10 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 16,683 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "text to audio" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-10 2K+ → 3K+ up after 300 days in tier
- 2024-08-14 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-08-12 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-11 1K+ → 2K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-08-07 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-06 1K+ → 2K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-08-02 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 5 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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Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 5 shared tags A -
ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags A -
Real Voice – Text to Speech 200+ installs · 3.7★ · 4 shared tags C -
Text to Speech – TTSWP 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags A -
Text to Speech – Reinvent WP 40+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags A -
Say It! 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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