GuestDock — Guest Post Management, Contributor Sandbox, Editorial Workflow & Content Security
by RAKIBUZZAMAN · Security
Also makes 2 other plugins · 50+ installs across the portfolio →
Securely manage guest posts on WordPress with time-limited access, sandbox isolation, editorial workflows, and content security.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
50+
≈59 estimated
Momentum
+69%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “content security”, “contributor management” and “guest author” 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.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.6%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 1.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Security plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,059 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Security plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 37 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| editorial workflow your tag | #22 | #24 | 0 |
| editorial access management | #19 | #22 | 0 |
| content security your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| contributor management your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| guest author your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| guest post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 12 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
- “content security”, “contributor management” and “guest author” 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 8 May 2026 · 176 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 260 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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.
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 25 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 60.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Securely manage guest posts on WordPress with time-limited access, sandbox isolation, editorial workflows,..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 15 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 15 of 15 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Zapier, Slack, REST API and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 11 headings and 9 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,696 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "contributor management" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-06 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-10-03 70+ → 60+ down
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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Guest Author 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A - B BigIdeas — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Simple Author Box 90K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Molongui Authorship – Author Boxes, Guest Authors & Co-Authors for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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