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Misspelling Reporter

by Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh) · Uncategorized

Also makes 9 other plugins · 11.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Allows users to highlight misspelled text and report to the site/article admins. Inspired by #BeachPress 2013

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 81/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 56 average across 16,380 Uncategorized plugins

10+

Active installs

≈19 estimated

4.1K

Total downloads

since 2013

4.22★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 5 reviews

+17%

62

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, well behind 6.8.

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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4826 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+17% vs prior 30d
4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

62

now · peak 151

6230d downloads · Sep 26

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

Misspelling Reporter · #34816 you 404 Solution · #2076 Proofreading · #3166 WProofreader spell & · #3635

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.

6.2Kper 1k installs · Sep 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v0.6 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-12-15 · 1,385 observations

10Installs · Sep 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 5 reviews

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5★
5 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
0.6.5
Last updated
13.2y ago
Added
2013-05-30 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
3.6.1
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ lioninside
    12.7y ago

    I love the idea behind this plugin. I’m not a native english speaker and this gives me a chance to let my readers help me. I did not found the place where I can see the reported spellings. It would be great if you can help me. Thanks!

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  2. ★★★★★ Alex Mills
    13.3y ago

    Certainly not the most important plugin ever but a good example of collaboration between lots of nitpickers.

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  3. ★★★★★ jaffe75
    13.3y ago

    Oh where oh where did my little a-fishy a-go.

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  4. ★★★★★ Joey Kudish
    13.3y ago

    A neat idea that became an actual plugin. Awesome collaboration and open source at its best.

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  5. ★★★★★ Justin Sainton
    13.3y ago

    Loved collaborating with some smart (and some not so smart, looking at you blobaugh) developers on this plugin at #BeachPress.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2024-02-12 20+ → 10+ down after 9 days in tier
  2. 2024-02-03 10+ → 20+ up after 101 days in tier
  3. 2023-10-25 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2023-10-23 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in tier
  5. 2023-10-20 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in tier
  6. 2023-10-13 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2023-10-12 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2023-10-11 10+ → 20+ 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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