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HTML Post Editor

by mortalis · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 2 other plugins · 280+ installs across the portfolio →

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Adds HTML tab to the post editor which shows the raw source of the page and is highlighted with the Ace Editor

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 68/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 54 average across 3,792 Admin & Utilities plugins

200+

Active installs

≈290 estimated

15.4K

Total downloads

since 2015

3.72★

Rating (adjusted)

3.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+32%

87

Downloads · 30d

category median +24%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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.

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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 4/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4128 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+32% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

87

now · peak 143

8730d downloads · Aug 26

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

HTML Post Editor · #12909 you Loginizer · #46 Redux Framework · #70 Admin Menu Editor · #159

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3Stars · Aug 26

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.

435per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈290

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-09-18 · 1,384 observations

200Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
11.3y ago
Added
2015-04-09 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
4.1
Tested up to
4.1.42
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Traks
    10.7y ago

    I This plugin does not work on WP 4.4

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  2. ★★★★★ JakeBrand
    11.3y 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 🙂

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  3. ★★★★★ mochisagi
    11.3y 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.

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✕ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-04-01 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
  2. 2025-03-29 200+ → 300+ up after 6 days in tier
  3. 2025-03-23 300+ → 200+ down after 535 days in tier
  4. 2023-10-05 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-10-04 300+ → 400+ up after 6 days in tier
  6. 2023-09-28 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2023-09-27 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2023-09-26 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier

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