Note – A live edit text widget
by Slocum Studio · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Note is a simple and easy to use widget for editing bits of text, live, in your WordPress front-end Customizer.
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
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+33%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “customizer”, “live edit” and “note” 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 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 112.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,190 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, 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 3070 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3070 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| customizer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| live edit your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| note your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wysiwyg your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 3 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
- “customizer”, “live edit” and “note” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 235 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
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
8.4y ago
latest release · v1.4.7 · 6 Jun 2018
17
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.9 years ago; the previous band took 21 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 2 Jun 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ faietdohrnii9.6y ago
I would appreciate to be able to buy an independent upgrade of note with better options for background image and text options (position, floating, underline, etc, cute bold with white inside)… This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by faietdohrnii. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by faietdohrnii.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ darthhell10.7y ago
Doesn’t seem to work no matter what theme I use. (update) Not what I was looking for, the app does seem to work but not the way I thought. Changed rating. Sorry about that. What would be really cool is an app where you could change the content right from the page if you’re logged in as the admin. So you don’t have to go through the dashboard
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hamsterman11.2y ago
This is great, really groundbreaking. Keep developing this… and you will put WIX, etc out of business.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Luis Martins11.5y ago
This is a really cool widget that shows the power of the customizer. I had, and still have a couple of issues though. Sometimes the widgets loses it’s contents when the customizer refreshes the page. This have improved since the first releases but haven’t yet been totally mitigated. Once that is resolved, will update my review to 5 stars. Other than that, really nice plugin. UPDATE: Since 4.2 it seems the sync issues have disappeared, so im updating my review to 5 stars.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lisa11.7y ago
I used note to create an area for managing schedule changes due to inclement weather on several client websites and each wrote me that they find it easy to manage and effective.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ evanmedeiros12.0y ago
This is the easiest way to add and style content to any sidebar. Snappy response, formatting options available, works as described.
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.
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 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 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,217 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "live edit", "wysiwyg" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-11-28 2K+ → 1K+ down after 643 days in tier
- 2022-02-23 3K+ → 2K+ down after 488 days in tier
- 2020-10-23 4K+ → 3K+ down after 293 days in tier
- 2020-01-04 5K+ → 4K+ down after 247 days in tier
- 2019-05-02 6K+ → 5K+ down after 243 days in tier
- 2018-09-01 7K+ → 6K+ down after 212 days in tier
- 2018-02-01 8K+ → 7K+ down after 184 days in tier
- 2017-08-01 9K+ → 8K+ down after 264 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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