Press This
by WordPress.org · Blocks
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Posting images, links, and cat gifs will never be the same.
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Health
B 81/100
no flags
Active installs
5K+
≈5.6K estimated
Momentum
+20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “gutenberg”, “photo post” and “post” for “gif”, “gifs” and “cat”. “gutenberg” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gif” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “photo post” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gifs” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “post” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “cat” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 71 average across 2,524 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.6%
of downloads still active
At least 5K of 109.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,579 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 72 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.7★ over 25 reviews, smoothed to 3.97★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
41
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| press this | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| press | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| bookmarklet your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| same | #10 | #19 | down 3 |
| gifs | #12 | #15 | 0 |
| gif | #12 | #17 | up 2 |
| posting | #22 | #23 | down 2 |
| cat | #20 | #17 | 0 |
| gutenberg your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| photo post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| quick post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
29 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 21 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “gutenberg”, “photo post” and “post” for “gif”, “gifs” and “cat”. “gutenberg” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gif” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “photo post” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “gifs” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “post” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “cat” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 5K · 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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 56% 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 “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 58% of the way through.
Install history since 2 Dec 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dmsr4.3y ago
J’adore cette fonctionnalité de WP, pourquoi s’en passer si on partage des liens sur son site!?!?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ silentwisher4.8y ago
Its currently broken causing many images being generated for the featured image. Please fix. This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by silentwisher.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lestado5.0y ago
If you don’t have the scriptlet bookmarked already this plugin is WORTHLESS because there is literally NO PLACE to get the code for the bookmark ANYWHERE.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ comunicacionabierta5.7y ago
I think this is one of the perfect plugins to keep the blogs alive and helping to make them more a personal bitacora. Thanks! This topic was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by comunicacionabierta.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bkahlert6.5y ago
I installed it, wrote a post, tried to save, my Safari browser hang, consumed more than 4GB of memory and finally crashed with my post gone of course. This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by bkahlert.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Seth Goldstein7.8y ago
Forgot about Press This. Never used it in the past. But now I think I’ll be addicted.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ winkelr7.9y ago
The only suggestion I’d make is to add a few options, like whether to embed the link as the text of the title or as the actual url. The latter is handy for making printouts usable by not concealing the url. In other words: <a href="http://blah">title of blah</a> vs <a href="http://blah">http://blah</a> This topic was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by winkelr.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Seth Carstens8.7y ago
I tried out this plugin after being reminded about this feature of WordPress. I searched through core and found out its now a plugin. Tried it out, and it worked exactly like I expected! A problem is that, we like this new version of the post edit screen so much we want to come back and edit posts from this screen too… but you can’t. 😢 Maybe now that its a plugin you guys can give us a way to add an “edit in press this” button in the wp-admin bar, or on the posts screen?
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.0.2 New: Undo/redo support in the block editor (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z) New: Block transform keyboard shortcuts (e.g. heading, list, quote) New: Rich text format keyboard shortcuts via format-library (bold, italic, link, etc. 2.0.2
- — Version 2.0.1 New: Gutenberg block editor replaces TinyMCE for modern editing experience New: Smart post format auto-suggestion based on content type New: press_this_allowed_blocks filter for customizing available blocks New: press_th 2.0.1
- — Version 1.1.2 Fixes the styling of the .press-this .modal-close class (props https://github.com/crishnakh) Bumps the Tested up to version to 6.7.1 1.1.2
- — Version 1.1.1 Corrects an issue with the packaging of the plugin for SVN. 1.1.1
- — Version 1.1.0 Restores the bookmarklet functionality previously found in WordPress 4.8 and prior verions. 1.1.0
- — Version 1.0 Initial release as a plugin. Previously part of WordPress itself. 1.0
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 28 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 4 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
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 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 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for developers", "use it").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,045 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "photo post", "Quick Post" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-01 6K+ → 5K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-30 5K+ → 6K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-26 6K+ → 5K+ down after 326 days in tier
- 2025-07-04 7K+ → 6K+ down after 242 days in tier
- 2024-11-04 8K+ → 7K+ down after 215 days in tier
- 2024-04-03 9K+ → 8K+ down after 188 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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Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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