Skip Links for Menus
by NETPROFIT · Uncategorized
Automatically adds skip links to WordPress menus and Easy Table of Contents to comply to the WCAG bypass blocks accessibility criterion.
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Health
C 64/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈83 estimated
Momentum
-4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “accessibility” for “skip”. “accessibility” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “skip” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
64 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.9%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 1.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 445 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 445 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
+0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| skip links your tag | #4 | #21 | 0 |
| skip | #5 | #24 | 0 |
| bfsg your tag | #5 | #6 | down 1 |
| accessibility your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| screen reader your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wcag your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 3 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
- Swap “accessibility” for “skip”. “accessibility” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “skip” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 18 Apr 2025 · 561 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 122 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.2y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 12 Aug 2025
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 30% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 155 days.
Install history since 17 Apr 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Tim1.5y ago
Installing the plugin is enough to have skip links on all menus of a website; simple and easy. More options with support for different kinds of skip links would be great, though.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Automatically adds skip links to WordPress menus and Easy Table of Contents to comply to the WCAG bypass bl..."
- ! 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 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,153 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "bfsg" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 80+ → 70+ down after 23 days in tier
- 2026-06-18 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-17 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-06-09 70+ → 80+ up after 43 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 60+ → 70+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2026-03-13 50+ → 60+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-03-09 60+ → 50+ down after 3 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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Screen Reader Accessibility – WCAG, Text-to-Speech & AI Accessibility Fixes 600+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
AccessibleWP – Accessibility Skip-Links 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
AccessGO – Barrierefreiheit aus Deutschland: BFSG/BITV & DSGVO-konform 50+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Barrierefrei – mit Hürdenlos.Assist 30+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
WCAG Admin Accessibility Tools 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Web Accessibility (formally known as Ally) – WCAG Scanning, Guided Fixes, Usability Widget 500K+ installs · 3.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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