Humans TXT
by Till Krüss · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 609.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Credit the people behind your website in your humans.txt file. Easy to edit, directly within WordPress.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈380 estimated
Momentum
+56%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “human” and “humans” 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.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 24.4K 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.
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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30, 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 2700 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.2.30; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.21★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2700 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, 7d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 7d
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| humanstxt your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| human your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| humans your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| humans.txt your tag | Not checked yet | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 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
- “human” and “humans” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 135 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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
7.4y ago
latest release · v1.3.1 · 10 Jun 2019
22
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and the previous band took 14 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 400.
Install history since 14 Aug 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ andypiper2.2y ago
I think now is the right time to be reminding folks that humans make the web, and I love the humans.txt idea. This plugin does just what it needs to do.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AL Guevara9.6y ago
Simply Works, easy setup, can turn off, admin or more can, nice. Use shortcode or not, tons of variables. Wish someone would fix the bookmark LINKs on the description page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/humanstxt/ IE: other_notes/#Variables other_notes/#Plugin-Actions-and-Filters This topic was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by AL Guevara. Reason: add info
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ master41216012.1y ago
Love it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ digital0312.2y ago
Excellent plugin to get updated Humans.txt from control panel. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rubycon4212.2y ago
Does exactly what it should and even more…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Christian Foellmann12.7y ago
The plugin does what it promises and it does good. Code quality is excellent (although not OOP) and documentation extensive. You cannot ask for much more from a free plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Steven Vachon13.8y ago
🙂 🙂 I have my WordPress installed to a sub-directory, so this plugin will not work.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 135 languages, 11 at 90% or more
Plus 111 more locales with partial translations.
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Credit the people behind your website in your humans.txt file. Easy to edit, directly within WordPress."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 4 of 6 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Error: The site root already contains a physical humans.txt file.").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,247 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 400+ → 300+ down after 414 days in tier
- 2025-06-19 500+ → 400+ down after 324 days in tier
- 2024-07-30 600+ → 500+ down after 216 days in tier
- 2023-12-27 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-12-25 600+ → 700+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2023-12-20 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-19 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-12-17 700+ → 600+ down after 10 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).
- H Humanity — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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HumanCaptcha by Outerbridge 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
Acknowledgify 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Languageswitcher 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D - H Humans Dot Txt 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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WP HRMS 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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