Live Drafts
by ssandison · Uncategorized
An editor can make changes to a live page and then save as a draft and preview before publishing over the existing page/post.
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 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈58 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “draft”, “draft page” and “draft post” 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.
43 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 8.6K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 4002 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.3.34; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4002 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| draft your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| draft page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| draft post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| live drafts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “draft”, “draft page” and “draft post” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 151 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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.
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 60.
Install history since 4 Jun 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ anu10.2y ago
Saving revisions to a page as a a draft doesn’t seem to work – notices about various undefined variables and then a “headers already sent” error.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gary Gordon11.0y ago
The plugin says it will allow you to make changes to a “live” page and then save it as a draft. Then you can allow other people to review the draft or just continue working on the draft. Then, when you finish your draft changes, you can publish the page and the “temporary” page disappears. It’s wonderful and I suggest this as part of every website installation. I find it extremely useful. Let me know if you find this plugin as useful as I do. Gary
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ daredream11.8y ago
It works but it duplicates the page and saves it as a draft. So now what do you do??? Also, when you make a change, preview your change, the button disappears! Not much good if you can’t preview your changes.
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
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 "An editor can make changes to a live page and then save as a draft and preview before publishing over the e..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 125 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 4 tags appear in the text ("draft page", "draft post", "live drafts" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-16 60+ → 50+ down after 212 days in tier
- 2026-01-16 70+ → 60+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2026-01-02 60+ → 70+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2025-12-19 70+ → 60+ down after 55 days in tier
- 2025-10-25 80+ → 70+ down after 126 days in tier
- 2025-06-21 90+ → 80+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-06-15 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-13 90+ → 80+ down after 15 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).
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WP Draft Published 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Share a Draft 3K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B - A AMS Post And Page Duplicator 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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Publish View 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
Quick Drafts Access 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
Bulk Post Status Update 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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