Mark It Down WordPress!
by Wasseem Khayrattee · Uncategorized
Helping you write posts/pages in plain-text Markdown syntax, while switching-off Visual Editor. It sits on the shoulders of a giant, namely Jetpack.
45 health vs 55 average across 15,287 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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 3348 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
27
now · peak 53
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
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- P Parsedown for WordPress 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- D Djot Markup — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
- P Preserved HTML Editor Markup Plus 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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Markup by Attribute for WooCommerce 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Import Markdown – Versatile Markdown Importer 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Markup Markdown 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B
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