Mentionable
by Jonathan Bardo · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 4 other plugins · 490+ installs across the portfolio →
Mention WordPress content with inline autocomplete inside tinyMCE.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “mention” and “tinymce” 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.
46 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 9.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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 4.4.34, 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 3994 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.4.34; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3994 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mention your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tinymce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “mention” and “tinymce” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 170 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 24 months ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ kalleja7.9y ago
worked exactly as intended
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ellice90910.8y ago
It seemed good in theory, but this plug-in often causes 2 instances of the content block text area to show up when editing a post or page, especially when toggling from Text view to Visual view. Both the visual and text views show up at once. It you try to push through it, content is often lost on save. It seemed useful in theory, maybe i’ll check back with the plug-in when it updates to see if that glitch still happens.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sara cannon11.6y ago
Love this plugin! It’s a great way of internal linking without opening up the link dialogue. I would prefer the style of the linking to fit more seamlessly with the WordPress UI (exchange the bright blue for WP Blue and bright link yellow for WP yellow you see in the url bar) But, even that won’t stop me form giving this plugin 5 stars.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DanielAGW11.6y ago
Great plugin, very usefl, does what it is supposed to. Speeds things up greatly and works fast. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Grzegorz.Janoszka11.6y ago
Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. Often it just couldn’t find anything. The worst is that after I disabled this plugin, it left so much unneeded entries in my HTML – it took me ages to clean it up. Avoid!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ solhuebner11.6y ago
Makes life easier 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sarah Gooding11.7y ago
Thanks for this plugin – seems like it might be a real time saver. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vamban11.7y ago
WoW, its cool wordpress plugin helps a lot in on page seo for my site have tested and works smart. Every time need to append @ character before to link old articles. Will you please add option if the word matches with existing post title will automatically link to the old url to make it as cornerstone content?
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 62 languages, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
Plus 38 more locales with partial translations.
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! 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 455 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "admin" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-07 200+ → 100+ down after 535 days in tier
- 2023-05-22 300+ → 200+ down after 354 days in tier
- 2022-06-02 400+ → 300+ down after 289 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 500+ → 400+ down after 125 days in tier
- 2021-04-14 600+ → 500+ down after 474 days in tier
- 2019-12-27 500+ → 600+ up after 177 days in tier
- 2019-07-03 400+ → 500+ up after 183 days in tier
- 2019-01-01 300+ → 400+ up after 538 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 Super Edit 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Loginizer 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Redux Framework 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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