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Post Editor Zen Coding

by Bainternet · Uncategorized

Also makes 16 other plugins · 7.4K+ installs across the portfolio →

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This plugin add a syntax highlighted editor to WordPress Post new/edit screen with Emmet (zen coding) engine.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins

10+

Active installs

≈17 estimated

3.8K

Total downloads

since 2012

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+89%

34

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.

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.

32 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4926 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+89% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

34

now · peak 63

3430d downloads · Aug 26

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

Post Editor Zen Codi · #26974 you WP Editor · #1133 Syntax-highlighting · #5389 Post Editor Buttons · #7728

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.

3.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

13.5y ago

latest release · v0.2

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.2 · 13.5y ago0.1 · 13.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v0.2 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈17

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 20+ in roughly 428 days.

Install history · since 2022-06-25 · 1,361 observations

10Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
0.2
Last updated
13.5y ago
Added
2012-11-11 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
3.5.2
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ lic-8008
    11.9y ago

    Great plugin, just looking at the video is enough to understand how to use – but also the extra possibilities in coding. Cool job!

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  2. ★★★★★ jx1
    13.6y ago

    Works perfect, gives you the excellent speed only Zen Coding can give you.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-10 20+ → 10+ down after 95 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-06 10+ → 20+ up after 21 days in tier
  3. 2026-03-16 20+ → 10+ down after 618 days in tier
  4. 2024-07-06 30+ → 20+ down after 59 days in tier
  5. 2024-05-08 20+ → 30+ up after 66 days in tier
  6. 2024-03-03 30+ → 20+ down after 315 days in tier
  7. 2023-04-23 40+ → 30+ down after 25 days in tier
  8. 2023-03-29 30+ → 40+ up after 14 days in tier

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