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KIA Subtitle

by HelgaTheViking · Uncategorized

Also makes 5 other plugins · 98.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

The KIA Subtitle plugin allows you to add a subtitle to your posts.

How scoring works →
88 Health · A
Maintenance 97/100
Rating quality 90/100
Support 70/100

88 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

Directory ranking optimization

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87 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Listing tuning

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 77/100
Listing tuning 68/100

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Daily downloads

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

+11% vs prior 30d
22Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

797

now · peak 5.4K

82230d 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

KIA Subtitle · #2601 you Catch IDs · #1284 Simple Taxonomy Orde · #1446 Simple Login Captcha · #1971

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.

117per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

1

releases in the last 12 months

4mo ago

latest release · v4.0.2

30

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

4.0.2 · 4mo ago4.0.1 · 2.4y ago4.0.0 · 2.4y ago3.0.3 · 4.4y ago3.0.2 · 5.8y ago2.0.0 · 7.7y ago1.6.8 · 7.7y ago1.6.7 · 8.6y ago1.6.6 · 9.7y ago1.6.5 · 10.3y ago1.6.4 · 10.9y ago1.6.3 · 11.6y ago1.6.2 · 12.0y ago1.6 · 12.6y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v4.0 92%
v3.0 6.5%
Older / other versions 1.3%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “7K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
7K–8K ≈7.5K

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

Install history · since 2015-09-09 · 1,430 observations

7KInstalls · 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.

Details

Version
4.0.2
Last updated
4mo ago
Added
2012-07-12 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
6.1
Tested up to
7.0.0
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. MisterH
    2.4y ago

    We have been using this plugin for a while now, and it always works out of the box, there are some small modifications and css lines we added for it to do what we need. Its a really good plugin and the support from Helga is awesome! Hope to see this going for the decades to come!

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  2. Sayf Anwar
    2.4y ago

    easy to use

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  3. saeedhzm
    4.6y ago

    <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>Hi</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> <!– wp:paragraph –> <p class=””>may i ask to update this plugin since is not working with latest wordpress anymore?</p> <!– /wp:paragraph –> This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by saeedhzm.

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  4. inglar140
    4.8y ago

    Very useful plugin! Lightweight, easy to set up, I recommend this plugin! Thank you very much!

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  5. jaialai2002
    5.5y ago

    It is a simple and very useful plugin that I have already used on more than one occasion. It works perfectly with several different themes. Currently used with Woocommerce on Avada theme and WordPress 5.6.2 Thank you very much

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  6. Ronald van Arkel
    6.4y ago

    Thank you so much for this clean and perfect working plugin! Works great with WooCommerce and StoreFront theme, blends right in, no code modding or CSS needed. Please keep up the great work and thank you again. This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Removed link and reference to code

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  7. andrasxt
    6.5y ago

    Well done. I spent hours trying to add a subtitle field with other plugins with no luck. Finally with KIA it works! This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Deleted link and reference to site

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  8. eniyara
    6.8y ago

    Still the only possible solution to add “brand” subtitles to my Woocommerce products in my theme – works like a charm on single and catalogue pages. However, I hope that maybe one day the subtitles will allow to link to other sites 🙂 Then it will be perfect.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 4.0.2 Fix: Escape the before and after attributes using wp_kses_post() in the shortcode() method before passing them to the_subtitle(). 4.0.2
  2. Version 4.0.1 Fix: Fix script errors when using site editor, by preventing the sidebar panel from rendering if NOT editing a post. 4.0.1
  3. Version 4.0.0 Important: Requires WordPress 6.1 New: Subtitle block New: Introduce kia_subtitle_sanitize_subtitle for adding your own custom sanitization rules. 4.0.0
  4. Version 3.0.3 Fix: Check subtitle is set before updating. 3.0.3
  5. Version 3.0.2 Fix: Do not load Gutenberg assets if CPT does not support ‘custom-fields’. Replace with fallback metabox. 3.0.2
  6. Version 3.0.1 Fix: Remove the duplicate metabox for post types using Classic Editor. 3.0.1

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2026-05-21 CVE-2026-7509 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.0.1 Patched in 4.0.2

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 127 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Albanian 71%
Russian 71%
Spanish (Spain) 71%
Italian 66%
Swedish 66%
Japanese 42%
French (France) 23%
Portuguese (Brazil) 23%
Arabic 19%
Finnish 19%
Gujarati 19%
Persian 19%
Chinese (China) 14%
Dutch 14%
English (Australia) 14%
English (Canada) 14%
English (UK) 14%
German 14%
German (Formal) 14%
Hebrew 14%
Hindi 14%
Icelandic 14%
Polish 14%
Portuguese (Portugal) 14%

Plus 103 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-11 8K+ → 7K+ down after 3 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-08 7K+ → 8K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-07 8K+ → 7K+ down after 38 days in tier
  4. 2026-02-28 7K+ → 8K+ up after 16 days in tier
  5. 2026-02-12 8K+ → 7K+ down after 5 days in tier
  6. 2026-02-07 7K+ → 8K+ up after 2 days in tier
  7. 2026-02-05 8K+ → 7K+ down after 22 days in tier
  8. 2026-01-14 7K+ → 8K+ up after 47 days in tier

Competes with

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