News-Parser
by Evgeniy Zalevskiy · AI
Also makes 1 other plugin · 150+ installs across the portfolio →
News-parser WordPress Plugin
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Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+117%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “ai” for “parser”. “ai” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “parser” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
60 health vs 77 average across 3,393 AI plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 9.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median AI plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,010 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other AI plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 544 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
To rank higher: Last updated 544 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.
46
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 23d
38%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 23d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| parser | #7 | #21 | 0 |
| rss parser | #4 | #17 | 0 |
| ai your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| autopilot your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| news your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rss your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scraper your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 8 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
- Swap “ai” for “parser”. “ai” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “parser” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 426 · 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.
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
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
1.5y ago
latest release · v3.0.3 · 6 May 2025
23
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% 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 22 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 5 Dec 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Goajazzz6.7y ago
Plugin works nice, only one moment – seems like it doesn’t insert images inside post taking only featured image instead.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 28 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you want", "if you need").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Yoast, Discord, OpenAI and 4 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 16 headings and 6 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 15,705 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "scraper" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-01-15 200+ → 100+ down after 44 days in tier
- 2024-12-02 300+ → 200+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2024-11-24 400+ → 300+ down after 55 days in tier
- 2024-09-30 500+ → 400+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2024-09-23 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-22 800+ → 600+ down after 36 days in tier
- 2024-08-17 700+ → 800+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2024-08-11 800+ → 700+ down 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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All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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