mPress Custom Feed Excerpts
by Micah Wood · Content & Feeds
Also makes 3 other plugins · 230+ installs across the portfolio →
Customize your feed excerpts by simply using the <!--more--> tag in posts.
46 health vs 60 average across 778 Content & Feeds plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.30, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3319 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
59
now · peak 92
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
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
9.1y ago
latest release · v1.1
5
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2017-07-10 · 1,385 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ AlbertHart8.4y ago
After a lot of Google searching on how to send emails from my feed with just the except I wanted, I found this plugin. I provided a great solution – especially after I read that I needed to include the “full”, (now excerpted), text in my email.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JTAdamson12.6y ago
This is a nice, clean, simple plugin that accomplishes something I have seen NOWHERE else: My MORE tag on my blog carries over to my RSS feed so that there is a MORE tag there as well. When I customize a MORE tag on my blog, that customization carries across to the RSS feed as well. This, therefore, carries across to my MailChimp RSS emails too. Works perfectly. No fuss.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ johnwgunter13.8y ago
I got this plugin to insert a “continue reading” function into my RSS feeds for blog posts. This works very well. . . thanks Micah!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-01-30 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-01-27 100+ → 200+ up after 35 days in tier
- 2022-12-23 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2022-12-21 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-12-20 200+ → 100+ down
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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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
RSS Includes Pages 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
RSS Image Feed 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
JSON Feed (jsonfeed.org) 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
RSS Redirect & Feedburner Alternative 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C - F Feed JSON 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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