Noted!
by Kyle Van Deusen · Admin & Utilities
A simple, lightweight note-taking system inside the WordPress admin. Keep general, page-level, and block-level notes all in one place.
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Health
A 89/100
no flags
Active installs
1K+
≈1.3K estimated
Momentum
-18%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “admin” for “note taking”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “note taking” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
89 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →12%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 8.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,188 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.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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: Support resolution
Updated 17 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 15 reviews, smoothed to 4.31★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| note taking | #4 | #8 | 0 |
| productivity your tag | #22 | #18 | down 9 |
| admin productivity | #15 | #15 | down 1 |
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| dashboard your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| markdown your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| notes your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “admin” for “note taking”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “note taking” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Slipping on “productivity”. Down 9 places since 2026-09-24, now #22. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 20 Nov 2024 · 711 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.8K · 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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
17d ago
latest release · v2.0.3 · 14 Oct 2026
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 80% 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 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 34% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 2K+ in roughly 1413 days.
Install history since 19 Nov 2024
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 1 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
4 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A simple, lightweight note-taking system inside the WordPress admin. Keep general, page-level, and block-le..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 772 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "markdown", "productivity" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-30 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-29 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 900+ → 1K+ up after 101 days in tier
- 2026-03-17 800+ → 900+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-03-11 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-03-09 800+ → 900+ up after 131 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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