New Post Notification
by kilozwo · Email & Marketing
Also makes 1 other plugin · 700+ installs across the portfolio →
Simply notifies users if a new post has been published. This can also be used as an addon for User-Access-Manager. Users will only be notified if they …
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “email”, “notification” and “posts” 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.
47 health vs 66 average across 2,122 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 13.3K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,295 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, 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 4361 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4361 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| email your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notification your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| subscription your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user access manager your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “email”, “notification” and “posts” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 83 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 1 Nov 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
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
11.9y ago
latest release · v1.0.10 · 23 Nov 2014
11
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.
Crossed into this band 17 months ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 26 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Jesse8.9y ago
User Access Managerとの相性が良いので、引き続き使用しています。
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous11.9y ago
When a user subscribes via the web site a Email is suppose to be sent to verify that users is the user subscribed. IF that user never gets the email for some reason he cannot re-subscribe again and there is no way to see who is “Pending” email verification? This needs to be fixed, otherwise it works fine.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ WordBuddyPress12.4y ago
I miss some settings: I don’t always want to get an email if someone has subscribed, I want to bulk edit activate users to receive them as an admin The rest is good. I like the simplicity.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ WP-Henne12.6y ago
finaly a great plug
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kilozwo13.0y ago
Works fine after testing.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! 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 539 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "email", "user access manager" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-10 200+ → 100+ down after 541 days in tier
- 2023-12-17 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-12-14 200+ → 300+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2023-11-26 300+ → 200+ down after 380 days in tier
- 2022-11-11 400+ → 300+ down after 287 days in tier
- 2022-01-28 700+ → 400+ down after 805 days in tier
- 2019-11-15 1K+ → 700+ 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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Subscribe2 – Form, Email Subscribers & Newsletters 10K+ installs · 3.5★ · 3 shared tags B -
Manage Notification E-mails 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Disable auto-update Email Notifications 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - S Subscribe to Comments 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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