Headline Analyzer
by CoSchedule · SEO
Also makes 2 other plugins · 5.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
Headline Studio WordPress plugin allows you to easily analyze & improve your headlines as you create content in WordPress
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Health
C 67/100
Stale · Open vulnerability
Active installs
900+
≈990 estimated
Momentum
+1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “analysis” for “analyzer”. “analysis” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “analyzer” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
67 health vs 65 average across 2,216 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 36K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,192 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 389 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 14 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 389 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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 21d
10%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 21d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| title analyzer your tag | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| headline analyzer your tag | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| headline your tag | #6 | #13 | down 1 |
| analyzer | #6 | #5 | 0 |
| headline plugin | #4 | #9 | — |
| content analyzer | #5 | #6 | 0 |
| headlines | #13 | #17 | down 3 |
| seo analyzer | #7 | #8 | 0 |
| post headlines | #18 | #21 | down 3 |
| analysis your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “analysis” for “analyzer”. “analysis” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “analyzer” sits at #6 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 2K · 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
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
1.1y ago
latest release · v1.3.7 · 7 Oct 2025
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% 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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and the previous band took 3.5 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.
Install history since 17 Jul 2022
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.3.7). 2 of 3 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 Headline Analyzer <= 1.3.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-10-19 CVE-2025-62974 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.3.7 No patch available
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 6.9
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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
5 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 "Headline Studio WordPress plugin allows you to easily analyze & improve your headlines as you create conten..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 5 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,545 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "analysis", "title analyzer" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-26 1K+ → 900+ down after 1294 days in tier
- 2023-01-09 900+ → 1K+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2022-12-13 800+ → 900+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2022-11-12 700+ → 800+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2022-10-19 600+ → 700+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 100+ → 600+ up
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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