Micropub
by IndieWeb · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows you to publish to your site using Micropub clients.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈260 estimated
Momentum
+178%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “publish” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 24.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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 5 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 5 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
7%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| micropub your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| microformats your tag | #2 | #4 | 0 |
| indieweb your tag | #6 | #9 | down 1 |
| syndication | #12 | #15 | up 1 |
| publish your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
18 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 14 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “publish” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.6K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
5d ago
latest release · v2.5.4 · 26 Oct 2026
33
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 82% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 59% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Feb 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ shawfactor5.1y ago
Great plugin that supports a very worthy movement in wordpress
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Khürt Williams8.5y ago
it works.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ proflapin11.3y ago
I tried hard to use/apply micropub on my wordpress site (to install the plugin, the very 1-st step) on wordpress – very frustrated up to now. The micropub is quite basic and universal tool, which change the whole approach to blogging, wordpressing, etc. Did not find any good description here! Not sure if wordpress.com or wordpress.org allow this at all (not sure even which version of wordpress I use: all I tried now came to vicious circles without any progress, new knowledge or even satisfaction after quite reasonable efforts) p.s. There are many plugins in principle on wordpress, but what are they for, if you can not use/apply such a basic tool a micropub (for simplest notes)?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ David Shanske11.7y ago
No settings, no problem. It doesn’t need any. This plugin implements the developing Micropub standard in as simply a way as possible. Maps Micropub to built-in WordPress functions and extensible for more functionality. Kudos to the developer.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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
6 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 "Allows you to publish to your site using Micropub clients."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you run"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 3 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,166 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "indieweb", "microformats" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-05 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 200+ → 300+ up after 74 days in tier
- 2026-03-21 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-17 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-16 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-15 300+ → 200+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-03-03 200+ → 300+ up after 4 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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Microformats 2 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
MF2 Feeds 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Post Kinds for IndieWeb in Block Themes 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub) 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A - R Rich Contact Widget 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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ActivityPub 6K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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