MetaTag is a simple to use WordPress plugin to enhance on page SEO of your website.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈600 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Swap “meta tag” for “metatag”. “meta tag” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “metatag” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
46 health vs 65 average across 2,216 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.0%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 16.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,193 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.25.
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 2316 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.4.25; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2316 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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 19d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 19d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| onpage seo your tag | #9 | #6 | 0 |
| metatag | #9 | #9 | 0 |
| onpage | #14 | #12 | down 2 |
| meta tag your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| on page seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| search engine optimization your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo 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). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “meta tag” for “metatag”. “meta tag” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “metatag” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 151 · 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
6.3y ago
latest release · v1.1 · 28 Jun 2020
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 600.
Install history since 4 Dec 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ abhikat12.3y ago
This is a best plugin for wordpress site
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ashik7213.7y ago
Thanks for this great and useful plugin. Hope you’ll continue developing such usefull stuffs. It’ll help much for seo.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Babar13.7y ago
New and promising plugin for WordPress on page SEO.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.5
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 26 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 One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and 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 530 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "onpage seo", "search engine optimization" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-13 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 500+ → 600+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-10-04 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-03 500+ → 600+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-09-19 600+ → 500+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-09-16 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 600+ → 500+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2026-08-30 500+ → 600+ up after 8 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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SEO SIMPLE PACK 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
BoldGrid Easy SEO – Simple and Effective SEO 40K+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP All Import – Import SEO Settings for Yoast SEO 20K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Internal Links Manager 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP All Import – Import SEO Settings for Rank Math SEO 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Add Meta Tag Keywords 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for MetaTag into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/metatag" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="MetaTag — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> MetaTag: 500+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/metatag
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