Microposts – Microblogging post type
by nativebreed · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 90+ installs across the portfolio →
Create a Twitter-style (X-style) microblog on your WordPress site with hashtags, AJAX feed, infinite scroll, and automatic title generation.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈100 estimated
Momentum
+0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “hashtags” and “infinite scroll” 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.
84 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.1%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 1.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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.
This plugin shipped 9 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 18 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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, 10d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 10d
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| microblogging your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| microblog your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| short posts your tag | #24 | #24 | — |
| hashtags your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| infinite scroll your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 5 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
- “hashtags” and “infinite scroll” 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 1 Nov 2025 · 365 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 305 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ 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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
9
releases in the last 12 months
18d ago
latest release · v1.5.3 · 13 Oct 2026
10
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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 100.
At the current install trend, crossing 100+ in roughly 37 days.
Install history since 31 Oct 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ankylau11mo ago
Thank you very much for developing this plugin, which is simple, fast, and easy to use. I hope to enhance its functionality: allow quick posting on the front end by inserting shortcodes. It should display user avatars and names, support multi-user posting, and enable every user to publish. It would be great to create a micro-community.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
8 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 "Create a Twitter-style (X-style) microblog on your WordPress site with hashtags, AJAX feed, infinite scroll..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "ideal for").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, REST API.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,377 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-22 100+ → 90+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 90+ → 100+ up after 42 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 80+ → 90+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2026-07-17 70+ → 80+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 60+ → 70+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 50+ → 60+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-06-15 60+ → 50+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-06-07 50+ → 60+ up after 2 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).
- S Simple microblogging 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
-
Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load 30K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Load More Products for WooCommerce 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Catch Infinite Scroll 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
YITH Infinite Scrolling 9K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
ThemeZee Toolkit 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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