Mandatory Excerpts for WordPress
by theMikeD · Uncategorized
Causes the excerpt to be required before a post can be published. Supports both editor types (classic and block aka gutenberg).
77 health vs 65 average across 4,132 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
130
now · peak 263
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- A Advanced Excerpt 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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Toggle wpautop 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D -
Easy Custom Auto Excerpt 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag C -
Read More Excerpt Link 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B - P Page Excerpt 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D
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RSS Image Feed 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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