Ghost Importer
by tysonarmstrong · Uncategorized
Import posts, images, tags and settings from a Ghost export file into Wordpress.
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
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈35 estimated
Momentum
-21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “blog”, “cms” and “importer” 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.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 3.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34, 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 3414 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 6.8
4.5★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3414 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| blog your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| cms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| importer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “blog”, “cms” and “importer” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 145 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Pixelbart3.9y ago
A really great and simple plugin that imports almost all of Ghost’s content. After the import, you only have to set the categories and upload images because the plugin cannot do that, even if the function is theoretically included. Thanks for this! This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Pixelbart.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Velda6.8y ago
We were trying to figure out how to import from Ghost to WordPress, and after several failed attempts at converting .json to .xml and importing that, I tried this plugin. Worked great on WordPress 5.3.2. Thanks, Tyson!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User 95881308.4y ago
Imported all of my posts, images, everything. Couple of tiny nuances, but saved me a tonne of times. Things you will need to change: 1) Categories get imported as tags. 2) Excerpts are missing (if you have set them). 3) Pages get imported as posts. All minor things, great plugin. Like I said, saved me hours. Great work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Chocolalato8.8y ago
Fairly spartan. There is an option to do a “dry run.” However doing so only shows that 0 of 0 posts would have been imported. I bit the bullet and went ahead and ran it. Even though it still said 0 of 0 posts imported… when I clicked on the posts, they were all imported. Included drafts that had not been published. I haven’t looked super closely at the posts themselves, so it’s possible that there will be issues that need to be corrected, but such is life. Tight work!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
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
1 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 "Import posts, images, tags and settings from a Ghost export file into Wordpress."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 240 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 3 tags appear in the text ("cms", "importer" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-18 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-16 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-12 40+ → 30+ down after 43 days in tier
- 2025-11-30 30+ → 40+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 40+ → 30+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2025-11-07 30+ → 40+ up after 61 days in tier
- 2025-09-07 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-06 30+ → 40+ up after 4 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).
- B Blog-in-Blog 800+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
- W WP-CMS 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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WordPress Importer 2M+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle 400K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
List category posts 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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