Live Blogging
by chrisnorthwood · Booking & Events
Also makes 4 other plugins · 220+ installs across the portfolio →
Live Blogging is a plugin that allows you to insert micro/live blogs into posts with automatic updating of the content.
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 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+7%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “blogging”, “event” and “javascript” 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.
47 health vs 69 average across 1,839 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 40.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 940 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Booking & Events 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5295 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.3.2; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5295 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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| micro blogging | #5 | #3 | 0 |
| blogging your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| event your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| javascript your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| live your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| micro your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “blogging”, “event” and “javascript” 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 241 · 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.
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
14.8y ago
latest release · v2.2.5 · 15 Jan 2012
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.4 years 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 24 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Paul Bearne10.8y ago
The WP plugin is here https://wordpress.org/plugins/livepress/ http://livepress.com/
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kachan6412.6y ago
I’m running a gaming site and this is a very good plug-in. Works as described. Often if I want to do live blogging like E3, GDC etc, I can just use this!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mda112513.4y ago
What an absolutely fantastic plug-in. Works nicely and does exactly what’s described in the video. Pagination would be a nice feature. I’d have to give this 5 stars simply because it worked with my custom theme and was simple to use.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ itcafeonline13.9y ago
Good plugin, Works like charm. Needs Pagination.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ longman.tw14.0y ago
This is nice,But seems a little conflict with facebook plugin. Comments,like buttons and recommendations bar ,all these social plugin went wrong while first reading the live post.It will show 5 like buttons if there is 5 entries.and all social plugin disappeared while first js auto-update. “Method” to use for live blog is a little hard to understand,I cant tell the diff between poll and full page refresh.maybe it needs more docs. anyway,this plugin help live event blogging,we can now have own apple conference or google I/O now.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Live Blogging is a plugin that allows you to insert micro/live blogs into posts with automatic updating of..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 13 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 13 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,469 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "javascript" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-06-21 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-19 100+ → 200+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-06-11 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-06-08 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-06 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-04 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-06-02 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-05-29 100+ → 200+ up after 1 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).
- L Live Blogging Plus 60+ installs · 4.0★ · 5 shared tags D
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Async JavaScript 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C -
SearchWP Live Ajax Search 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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