Post Descriptions
by Tom de Visser · Admin & Utilities
A lightweight WordPress plugin that lets you add quick descriptions or personal notes to your posts and pages — perfect for reminders, to-do's, o …
70 health vs 53 average across 2,890 Admin & Utilities plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
33
now · peak 222
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-10-25 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C - W WP Admin UI Customize 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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Radio Buttons for Taxonomies 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C
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