MarkItUp!
by kennydude · Uncategorized
MarkitUp (beta) is a wordpress plugin which allows you to use Markdown on your site without breaking existing content
41 health vs 56 average across 12,404 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4804 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
45
now · peak 149
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-02-16 30+ → 20+ down after 569 days in tier
- 2023-07-28 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-27 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-07-24 40+ → 30+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2023-07-10 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-09 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-08 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-07 40+ → 30+ down after 9 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Markup Markdown 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Markdown Editor (Formerly Dark Mode) 1K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple Export to Markdown 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Markdown Editor 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Classic Editor 9M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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