Musopress Discography
by eschnack · Uncategorized
Creates a Discography Custom Post Type and allows you to import your albums from Bandcamp.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈95 estimated
Momentum
+7%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “discography”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
46 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 17.6K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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.
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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 5375 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.3.2; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5375 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| discography your tag | #15 | #7 | 0 |
| bandcamp your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bands your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom post types your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| music your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “discography”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “bandcamp”, “bands” and “custom post types” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 285 · 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
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
14.7y ago
latest release · v0.5.1 · 12 Feb 2012
2
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 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mrwolfinformatica2.2y ago
Crash WP when activate it. Seems to be nice one, would be useful if is fixed and updated due plugins about Bandcamp are rare to find This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by mrwolfinformatica.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gerdski6.9y ago
Although this is very old, there is no problem with it! 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ixixy8.0y ago
nice plugin, but no support & needs updating This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by ixixy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ espacedigital12.9y ago
A great simple plugin. I love the way the artist link in discography view links to the most relevant page within the site about that artist.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fox00713.8y ago
This is a great extension and had everything you need to make a discography (as an artist) or multiple discography (if you’re a label) ++++!!!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Creates a Discography Custom Post Type and allows you to import your albums from Bandcamp."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("I’m getting an error when trying to import from Bandcamp").
- ! 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 544 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "custom post types" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-28 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-03-24 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-19 100+ → 90+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-14 90+ → 100+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-02-28 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-26 90+ → 100+ 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).
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Acidboxblues Visual Grid for Bandcamp 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Simple Popup Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C - S Simple Discography 70+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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DEL Embed for Bandcamp 70+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Setlist 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - A Artistography 10+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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