NextPage Buttons
by Shawn Parker · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 700+ installs across the portfolio →
The NextPage button is a simple plugin that brings back the NextPage button in the WordPress editor toolbar.
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 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈160 estimated
Momentum
-11%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Swap “button” for “nextpage”. “button” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nextpage” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 17K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,785 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.
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 4709 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
4.0★ over 4 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4709 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| nextpage | #23 | #19 | 0 |
| button your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| next your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| toolbar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “button” for “nextpage”. “button” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “nextpage” sits at #23 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 219 · 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
12.9y ago
latest release · v1.1 · 12 Dec 2013
3
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 12 months ago; the previous band took 2.2 years to cross, which places it about 55% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ alkahf12.7y ago
Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ teyri13.1y ago
I like your plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ here13.5y ago
still works, and may outlast the alternative solution below 🙂 this was causing issues with https in admin — and can be solved easily without a plugin as below. add the following code to functions.php to enable the next-page button from http://wordpress.org/support/topic/bringing-nextpage-button-back add_filter('mce_buttons','wysiwyg_editor'); function wysiwyg_editor($mce_buttons) { $pos = array_search('wp_more',$mce_buttons,true); if ($pos !== false) { $tmp_buttons = array_slice($mce_buttons, 0, $pos+1); $tmp_buttons[] = 'wp_page'; $mce_buttons = array_merge($tmp_buttons, array_slice($mce_buttons, $pos+1)); } return $mce_buttons; }
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hardeep Asrani13.5y ago
It’s a very simple & great plugin… thanks for creating it 🙂 FIVE STARS from me 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 2 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 Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and 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 673 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-03 200+ → 100+ down after 818 days in tier
- 2023-08-08 300+ → 200+ down after 308 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 400+ → 300+ down after 396 days in tier
- 2021-09-03 1K+ → 400+ 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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- T TinyMCE Table 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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