Pre-Publish Post Checklist
by danbriapps · Uncategorized
With Pre-Publish Post Checklist, you’ll never have to worry about accidentally publishing a post.
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Health
D 50/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+165%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “checklist”, “confirm publish” and “pre publish checklist” 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.
50 health vs 58 average across 25,768 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 7.6K 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.
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 7.1.
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 4382 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4382 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| checklist your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| confirm publish your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pre publish checklist your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| publish list your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| quality list 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
- “checklist”, “confirm publish” and “pre publish checklist” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 106 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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
12.0y ago
latest release · v3.1 · 3 Nov 2014
4
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Nov 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ CroMisho11.0y ago
I will leave the five stars because this is truly a useful plugin. However, it made me rewrite the whole post because it warned me that I haven’t finished the check-list, and I have clicked “don’t publish.” The warning window disappeared, but the black background stayed, blocking any click in the window (Latest Firefox). I had to refresh it and lose my whole post. Later it warned me again, although I did finish the checklist. I have turned-off the warnings and only use the checklist. Could be some plugin conflict, caching, who knows…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ beornot.tobie11.0y ago
hi there, I would like to set (as administrator of a multi-blogeur blog) rules who would block automatically the submition of drafts if all the required fields are not properly complete by the authors. Your plugin would therefore be very helpfull to solve my issue. Unfortunately, your plugin does not seem to be compatible with my WP version (4.2.2). Is that correct? If so, are you going to update this plugin? If no, do you know further plugins that are compatible to my WP version? I also would like to know if “Pre-Publish Post Checklist” is able to block the update of all type of posts (whatever its status) or if it block just the published one. Best regards, Tobie
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Daniel11.7y ago
Before I used “Genkys Pre Publish Reminder” and “Good Writer Checkify” which are both no longer updated, but this was the solution I was looking for in our multi-author environment! Thanks a lot! It would be great, if you could integrate a possibility to change the order of the checklist items.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ projectmunton12.0y ago
Excellent plugin for making sure you have hit all those important updates before you publish !! Highly recommend this one 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ben Sibley12.0y ago
If you’ve ever prematurely published a post, you know how much that sucks. You can update your post, but your readers have already been notified and it’s in your RSS feed for good. This is a handy plugin that keeps that from happening, and also makes it easier to remember each step in your editorial process. Nice work!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (3.1). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
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.
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 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "With Pre-Publish Post Checklist, you’ll never have to worry about accidentally publishing a post."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 597 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("confirm publish", "pre-publish checklist", "publish list", "quality list" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-07 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-12-05 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-12-03 200+ → 100+ down after 39 days in tier
- 2024-10-25 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-10-22 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-21 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-20 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-19 100+ → 200+ up after 2 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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PublishPress Checklists: Pre-Publishing Approval Checklist – Validate Post Requirements 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Pre-Publish Checklist 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
Checklist in Post 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D -
Checklist 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
Todo Block 300+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B - P Publishing Checklist 200+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D
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