NewsPage
by freekrai · Content & Feeds
Also makes 1 other plugin · 50+ installs across the portfolio →
newsPage is an easy to use plugin that allows you to have a headline aggregation page on your blog.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
+20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “rss feeds” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 64 average across 1,193 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 11.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 863 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds 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 3.4.2, 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 5233 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.4.2; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5233 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| newspage your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| rss feeds your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “rss feeds” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,486 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 65 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.
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
14.3y ago
latest release · v3.0 · 3 Jul 2012
15
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 24 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 25 Nov 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jchobbes8.6y ago
Been using this plugin for years on an existing simple news site for personal use, camhamilton.net . Unfortunately it will not install in a new installation of WordPress on a new site. Someone PLEASE take charge of this plugin and fix the error, and give it a minor update to enable click & hold to move entries up and down in list. Donation link does not work, I will donate to anyone who will take charge of this awesome plugin. ———————————— Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘new’ (T_NEW) in /home/jchobbes/public_html/wp-content/plugins/newspage/simplepie.inc on line 720
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Brunozit11.5y ago
Hello, FYI New Page plugin installed for over a year. I recently completed updating wordpress Version 4.2.2 without any problems. Continuous plugin run correctly. Provided it lasts the time it takes. Thank you for the author of this plugin. best regard Bruno
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ valenshov13.1y ago
Thank you for building this. I wanted to hire programmer to make me a site with feeds, like alltop.com. For Bulgaria, I knew it would be an interesting thing. Now, I can finally have it. It’s good
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ donhz13.5y ago
Always happy when advertising = functionality. This one is good and easy to use.
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 24 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "newsPage is an easy to use plugin that allows you to have a headline aggregation page on your blog."
- ! 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 ("use this", "use it").
- ! 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 368 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 1 of 2 tags appear in the text; "rss feeds" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-10 20+ → 10+ down after 247 days in tier
- 2024-03-08 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-07 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-06 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-05 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2024-02-27 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-02-23 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-02-20 10+ → 20+ up after 1 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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