List Children
by Andy Stratton · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 2.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Use an HTML comment to list links of the current page's children or siblings.
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Health
C 66/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “children” and “subpages” to your wp.org tags. You rank #17 and #22 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
66 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.5%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 6.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 550 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 550 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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nagivation your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| subnavigation your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| children | #17 | #21 | down 1 |
| subpages | #22 | #20 | 0 |
| children pages | #21 | #21 | 0 |
| list pages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| permalinks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 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
- Add “children” and “subpages” to your wp.org tags. You rank #17 and #22 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 193 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.5y ago
latest release · v2.2.0 · 29 Apr 2025
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 69% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 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 5 Nov 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ amicalmant7.5y ago
I’ve been using this tiny, very simple plugin for many years. It does not make coffee, it’s not powered by AI and it will not take you to the moon but it has listed children pages of my website for all that time and is still supported — all that for free. Thank you so much, Andy! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jon13.6y ago
Very elegant and simple to use. Not sure why it is not part of the base code, but thank goodness someone made this feature. I use it to make submenus mostly. It is part of my base install and I use it on every site I develop. Thank you Andy!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.2.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 List Children <= 2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗2025-04-30 CVE-2025-4099 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.1 Patched in 2.2.0
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 HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8
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
0 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or 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 869 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 4 tags appear in the text ("list pages", "nagivation", "permalinks", "subnavigation" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-07 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-12-05 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-04 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-03 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-02 200+ → 100+ down after 790 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 500+ → 200+ down
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).
- S ShortCode – Get Child List 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Permalink Manager Lite 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Remove Category URL – Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
AutoConvert Greeklish Permalinks 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Simple Post Type Permalinks 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D
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