PO/MO Editor
by Doug Wollison · Uncategorized
Also makes 6 other plugins · 1.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin is no longer being developed. I personally recommend using POEdit for a more robust, external solution. Anyone interested in taking over d …
Removed from WordPress.org
wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-10-12. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.
Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
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no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 0/100. Last updated 3071 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
46 health vs 58 average across 25,768 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.6%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 38.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 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.
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 3071 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 0.0.0; the current branch is 7.1
4.2★ over 13 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
0 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3071 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,469 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 168 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 86% 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 2.2 years ago; the previous band took 20 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 24 Dec 2016
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.4.2). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 PO/MO Editor <= 1.4.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'podata' Parameter ↗2026-10-13 CVE-2026-97020 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4.2 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 138 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 114 more locales with partial translations.
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
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-08-27 2K+ → 1K+ down after 600 days in tier
- 2023-01-05 3K+ → 2K+ down after 473 days in tier
- 2021-09-19 4K+ → 3K+ down after 409 days in tier
- 2020-08-06 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1190 days in tier
- 2017-05-04 2K+ → 5K+ up
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