HTML Post Editor
by mortalis · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 190+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds HTML tab to the post editor which shows the raw source of the page and is highlighted with the Ace Editor
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
-21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “ace editor”, “admin” and “html” 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.
43 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 15.6K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,191 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4190 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4190 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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 20d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 20d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ace editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| html your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| raw your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 9 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “ace editor”, “admin” and “html” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 143 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
Install history since 18 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Traks10.9y ago
I This plugin does not work on WP 4.4
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JakeBrand11.4y ago
Neat idea, looks like it would work decently well with simple HTML tags (like <div>) but it didn’t hold up when using <script> tag. When I pressed UPLOAD it tried to throw <p> and </p> tags inside my script breaking everything. Editor was nice though 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mochisagi11.5y ago
Works as intended. Pretty cool actuially. The sleekest one I’ve tried so far and the themes are nice too. I’ve used Tomorrow Night on Sublime Text so it’s nice how it’s there. Adding Spacegray theme would be good though. And a decent theme with markdown syntax highlighting too. That’s what lead me to this plugin. Nonetheless, god’s work right here.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
4 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 "Adds HTML tab to the post editor which shows the raw source of the page and is highlighted with the Ace Editor"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you need"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 10 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,718 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-12 200+ → 100+ down after 21 days in tier
- 2026-09-21 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-09-18 200+ → 100+ down after 535 days in tier
- 2025-04-01 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-03-29 200+ → 300+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-03-23 300+ → 200+ down after 535 days in tier
- 2023-10-05 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-10-04 300+ → 400+ up after 6 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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Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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