Merpress lets you create diagrams and visualizations using MermaidJS.
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Health
C 66/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “block” and “posts” 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.
66 health vs 71 average across 2,524 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →9.8%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 10.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,578 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks 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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 453 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mermaid your tag | #3 | #2 | down 1 |
| flowchart your tag | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| diagrams your tag | #20 | #16 | down 1 |
| block your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “block” and “posts” 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 967 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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 · v1.1.11 · 4 Aug 2025
22
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 48% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sandroroeder11mo ago
Using to showcase how AI help to visualize stuff This topic was modified 7 months, 1 week ago by sandroroeder.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ deno12.0y ago
Does everything I need.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ionnowhy2.0y ago
Spent a day trying to get mermaid to render. For some reason, it did not create a merpress block when I first created it. However, I retried a few hours letter and it worked and worked like magic. Thank you for working on this.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Merpress lets you create diagrams and visualizations using MermaidJS."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 70 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("block", "flowchart", "posts" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-08 900+ → 1K+ up after 85 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 800+ → 900+ up after 63 days in tier
- 2025-12-11 700+ → 800+ up after 71 days in tier
- 2025-10-01 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-30 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-29 600+ → 700+ up after 62 days in tier
- 2025-07-29 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-07-26 600+ → 500+ down after 1 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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Breadcrumb NavXT 800K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
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GenerateBlocks 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Layout Grid Block 200K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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