Humans TXT
by Till Krüss · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 611.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Credit the people behind your website in your humans.txt file. Easy to edit, directly within WordPress.
48 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins
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 5.2.26, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2638 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
91
now · peak 127
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
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
7.2y ago
latest release · v1.3.1
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-08-14 · 1,392 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ andypiper2.0y 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 Guevara9.4y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ master41216011.9y ago
Love it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ digital0312.0y ago
Excellent plugin to get updated Humans.txt from control panel. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rubycon4212.1y ago
Does exactly what it should and even more…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Christian Foellmann12.6y 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 Vachon13.6y 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.
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).
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HumanCaptcha by Outerbridge 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
Acknowledgify 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Languageswitcher 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D - H Humans Dot Txt 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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MTDEV Humans TXT — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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