PressForward
by PressForward · Uncategorized
PressForward provides an integrated workflow for curating content aggregated from the web.
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Health
B 82/100
Open vulnerability
Active installs
100+
≈190 estimated
Momentum
+118%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “atom”, “attribution” and “aggregator” for “curation”, “content curation” and “citation”. “atom” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “curation” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “attribution” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “content curation” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “aggregator” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “citation” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 54.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,769 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.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 40 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 4.19★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| curating | #3 | #7 | 0 |
| bookmarklet | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| aggregation your tag | #6 | #8 | 0 |
| opml | #3 | #1 | down 1 |
| scholar | #6 | #3 | 0 |
| aggregate your tag | #15 | #19 | down 1 |
| curation | #10 | #11 | 0 |
| content curation | #13 | #13 | down 1 |
| aggregator your tag | #24 | #19 | down 2 |
| republish | #17 | #14 | down 3 |
| citation | #20 | #15 | up 1 |
| citations | #21 | #14 | down 1 |
| atom your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| attribution your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
43 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 31 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “atom”, “attribution” and “aggregator” for “curation”, “content curation” and “citation”. “atom” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “curation” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “attribution” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “content curation” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “aggregator” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “citation” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “aggregate”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 12 Jul 2026 · 112 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 547 · 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 21 Oct 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v5.9.6 · 21 Sep 2026
56
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% 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 4 months ago and the previous band took 3.7 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 200.
Install history since 27 May 2015
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (5.9.6). 2 of 3 disclosed are patched.
- 2022-05-27 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 5.2.8 Patched in 5.2.9
- 2017-08-07 CVE-2017-12948 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 5.2.4 Patched in 5.2.4
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("designed for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 4 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,929 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "aggregator" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-11 500+ → 100+ down after 1345 days in tier
- 2022-11-04 600+ → 500+ down after 160 days in tier
- 2022-05-28 700+ → 600+ down after 300 days in tier
- 2021-08-01 800+ → 700+ down after 623 days in tier
- 2019-11-17 900+ → 800+ down after 159 days in tier
- 2019-06-11 1K+ → 900+ down after 742 days in tier
- 2017-05-30 900+ → 1K+ up after 633 days in tier
- 2015-09-05 700+ → 900+ up
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).
- F FeedWordPress 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
- F FeedWordPress Advanced Filters 100+ installs · 3.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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DaazSync – RSS News Aggregator 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
News Aggregator 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - S Simple RSS Aggregator 10+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags D
- B bbAggregate — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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