Movable Type and TypePad Importer
by briancolinger · Uncategorized
Also makes 10 other plugins · 100.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Import posts and comments from a Movable Type or TypePad blog.
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Health
B 77/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20K+
≈25K estimated
Momentum
-4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “type” to your wp.org tags. You rank #15 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
77 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 20K of 868.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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 1 release 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 198 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| movable type your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| typepad your tag | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| movable | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| importer your tag | #11 | #18 | down 3 |
| type | #15 | #20 | down 2 |
| blog importer | #7 | #10 | 0 |
| post importer | #12 | #17 | 0 |
| wordpress importer | #13 | #17 | down 1 |
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “type” to your wp.org tags. You rank #15 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- One page off on “importer”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 19.2K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
7mo ago
latest release · v0.6.4 · 16 Apr 2026
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 67% 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 “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 months ago; the previous band took 2.2 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Aug 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ shimpei0985.2y ago
Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Vishal Kakadiya7.2y ago
Great work guys!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Yuki Kokubo11.3y ago
Excellent plugin. No problem happens.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ meuro11.9y ago
silently stops importing text at the first accented character encountered in text not even a warning… thanks! so lame
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 0.6.4 Testing the plugin up to WordPress 6.9 Add missing HTML escape on output functions 0.6.4
- — Version 0.6.3 Testing the plugin up to WordPress 6.7 Fix warning when mt-export.txt is used 0.6.3
- — Version 0.6.2 Testing the plugin up to WordPress 6.4.2 Update link references from http to https. 0.6.2
- — Version 0.6.1 Test the plugin up to WordPress 6.2 0.6.1
- — Version 0.6 Add support for WordPress 6.1 0.6
- — Version 0.5 Remove comment_exists check for importing comments. In testing, I found no duplicated comments via this method, and it’s extremely slow on large imports. If this check is needed, then define(‘WP_MT_IMPORT_ALLOW_DUPE_COMM 0.5
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 92 languages, 34 at 90% or more
Plus 68 more locales with partial translations.
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
2 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 "Import posts and comments from a Movable Type or TypePad blog."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 62 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 3 tags appear in the text; "importer" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-30 30K+ → 20K+ down after 788 days in tier
- 2023-03-04 40K+ → 30K+ down after 884 days in tier
- 2020-10-01 50K+ → 40K+ down after 458 days in tier
- 2019-07-01 60K+ → 50K+ down after 91 days in tier
- 2019-04-01 70K+ → 60K+ down after 637 days in tier
- 2017-07-03 60K+ → 70K+ up after 194 days in tier
- 2016-12-21 50K+ → 60K+ up after 333 days in tier
- 2016-01-23 40K+ → 50K+ up
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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Blogger Importer 50K+ installs · 3.2★ · 1 shared tag D -
Categories to Tags Converter 50K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C - R Really Simple CSV Importer 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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