Hello World
by Bernhard Kau · Uncategorized
Also makes 10 other plugins · 6.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Similar to "Hello Dolly", this plugin lets you choose from some lyrics files, of which one line is shown in your dashboard on every page load.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “hello” and “world” for “tribute” and “famous quotes”. “hello” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tribute” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “world” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “famous quotes” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
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 →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 18.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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.
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: Rating quality
Updated 370 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, 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.
37
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 19d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 19d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| yoda your tag | #1 | #5 | — |
| hello world | #2 | #11 | 0 |
| hello dolly | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| dolly your tag | #7 | #7 | 0 |
| lyrics your tag | #10 | #10 | down 1 |
| tribute | #7 | #7 | 0 |
| famous quotes | #12 | #16 | up 1 |
| hello your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| world your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 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 “hello” and “world” for “tribute” and “famous quotes”. “hello” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tribute” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “world” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “famous quotes” sits at #12 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 858 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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
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
1.0y ago
latest release · v2.2.0 · 26 Oct 2025
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 61% 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.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 2 Apr 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.2.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2024-09-30 CVE-2024-9224 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory Affects <= 2.1.1 Patched in 2.2.0
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 6.6.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 6 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
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Similar to "Hello Dolly", this plugin lets you choose from some lyrics files, of which one line is shown in..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 247 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "yoda" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-30 300+ → 200+ down after 175 days in tier
- 2026-03-08 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 300+ → 400+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-02-21 400+ → 300+ down after 141 days in tier
- 2025-10-03 500+ → 400+ down after 119 days in tier
- 2025-06-06 600+ → 500+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-06-02 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-01 600+ → 500+ down after 1 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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Custom Dolly 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags - H Hello Kurt 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Hello Dolly Guaraná — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - G Goodbye HAL — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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SVG Flags – Country Flag Blocks and Galleries 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Easy Quotes 700+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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