Paste as Plain Text
by Till Krüss · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 609.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Forces the WordPress editor to paste everything as plain text.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
1K+
≈1.8K estimated
Momentum
+36%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “editor”, “paste” and “plain text” 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.
49 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.8%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 14.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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.
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 3278 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
4.9★ over 14 reviews, smoothed to 4.27★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3278 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| paste your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| plain text your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| plaintext your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tinymce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches 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
- “editor”, “paste” and “plain text” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 303 · 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
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
9.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.1 · 9 Nov 2017
2
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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 months ago and the previous band took 6.9 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 2K.
Install history since 20 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Christian8.2y ago
It works as it described yet it doesn’t work on WordPress’ Guttenberg editor. I hope the developer see this review.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ncamm8.7y ago
Added to a company intranet site. Works great when pasting content from Google docs/sheets
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Barry Ceelen9.1y ago
Gets rid of the pesky problem of unexpected erroneous tags in the post content. No more explaining to do. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ endlessloving9.2y ago
I really like this plugin. It helps to keep things clean and avoid all the fuzz that comes with pasting text from Word and other text editing tools.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ johnrom9.9y ago
This plugin does exactly what it is supposed to, and is very readable code. Thanks for your hard work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Computerbuddha10.1y ago
Genau das was ich gesucht habe. Standardmässige Aktivierung von “Als Text einfügen” und das Verbergen des entsprechenden Buttons! Sehr nützlich, wenn Benutzer eines Portals mit Vorliebe die Inhalte ihrer Webseite per copy & paste einfügen und damit Chaos im Quellcode verursachen. Wenn es noch eine Möglichkeit gäbe, die Funktion “Als Text einfügen” gleichzeitig für Administratoren optional verfügbar zu machen, wäre es perfekt 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zebull10.1y ago
This feature has been discussed for almost 10 years for other CMS and blog tools using TinyMCE. No one has succeeded. This plugin just works (without discussion). Thanks Till!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Simon Meisinger10.9y ago
This really should be a standard option. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 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 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 62 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "plaintext", "tinyMCE" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-12 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2507 days in tier
- 2018-06-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 959 days in tier
- 2015-10-16 900+ → 1K+ up
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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AddQuicktag 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor 50K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - A Advanced TinyMCE Configuration 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Advanced Image Styles 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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