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.
43 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
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.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3941 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
78
now · peak 151
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-06-04 · 1,387 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ anu10.0y 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 Gordon10.8y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ daredream11.6y 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
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).
- S Share a Draft 3K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
- A AMS Post And Page Duplicator 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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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 B -
Simple Preview 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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