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Insert Text Symbols

by codingdude · Uncategorized

This plugin will add a button to the Gutenberg editor for inserting text symbols or emojis into your WordPress posts or pages.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 56 average across 11,156 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.13.

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.

46 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 7/100
WP compatibility 36/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1533 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-55% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

50

now · peak 160

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

Insert Text Symbols · #25417 wp-Monalisa · #7963 TinyMCE Smiley Butto · #8371 Emoji Autocomplete G · #8510

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈27

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations

Details

Version
1.1
Last updated
4.2y ago
Added
2019-12-13 · 6 yrs on WP
Requires WP
5.0.1
Tested up to
5.9.13
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-05-26 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
  2. 2026-05-25 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
  3. 2026-05-24 30+ → 20+ down after 4 days in band
  4. 2026-05-20 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in band
  5. 2026-05-16 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
  6. 2026-05-15 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
  7. 2026-05-14 30+ → 20+ down after 8 days in band
  8. 2026-05-06 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band

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Insert Text Symbols: 20+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/insert-text-symbols