Add theme matching "Print 🖨" button in sidebar, footer, page or post
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Health
B 78/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈350 estimated
Momentum
+47%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “pdf” and “print” for “web to print” and “theme matching”. “pdf” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “web to print” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “print” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “theme matching” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
78 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.6%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 18.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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 1 release 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 159 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
3.5★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ 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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| printer button your tag | #3 | #17 | — |
| print page your tag | #6 | #20 | up 1 |
| web to print | #5 | #19 | down 1 |
| print button your tag | #9 | #23 | down 1 |
| print your tag | #12 | #21 | up 1 |
| theme matching | #12 | #24 | down 1 |
| newspaper | #15 | #21 | up 1 |
| printer | #17 | #22 | down 2 |
| add print button | #12 | #24 | up 1 |
| pdf print | #20 | #24 | down 1 |
| print to pdf | #21 | #22 | 0 |
| pdf your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
25 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 14 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “pdf” and “print” for “web to print” and “theme matching”. “pdf” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “web to print” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “print” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “theme matching” sits at #12 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 “print”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 445 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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.
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.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v3.0 · 25 May 2026
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.5 years 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 14 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ webweaverToo5.9y ago
I code my print stylesheet myself, so I do not want a print button plugin that overrides all my careful work, which is what most of them do. This one does exactly what it says on the tin. It enables you to add a print stylesheet button into any widget, and that’s it. The button itself picks up on your existing website styling, rather than adding any more of its own, which is exactly what I want. And the printing also reflects the CSS styles that already exist – which means it uses my print stylesheet rather than inserting its own. Perfect – exactly what I need. It won’t be for everyone, but for anyone who just wants the button and to keep total control over all the styling – this is the one. This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by webweaverToo.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Paddy Landau6.4y ago
The plugin works and is easy to use (you don’t need Page BUilder as another reviewer says). However, it uses a large text button instead of a small image, and it prints the entire page (menu, header image, etc.) instead of extracting just the article. If that’s what you want, fine, but usually people want to print the article, not the entire page.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SpeakOut! Steve7.5y ago
I guess it works, but I am not going to start using Page Builder just so I can use this plugin. How about a shortcode?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sip8.0y ago
I tried several free printer plugins, but this one is the one that properly works with decent functionality. Great.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add theme matching "Print 🖨" button in sidebar, footer, page or post"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "whether you are").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,682 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("pdf", "print button", "print page", "printer button" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-04-26 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-25 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-04-22 400+ → 300+ down after 303 days in tier
- 2023-06-24 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-23 400+ → 500+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2023-06-17 500+ → 400+ down after 189 days in tier
- 2022-12-10 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-12-09 500+ → 600+ up after 14 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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Print, PDF & Email by PrintFriendly 20K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP-Print 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Print Page Block – make any page printable in one click 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Print Anywhere & Create PDFs of Order Receipts, Invoices, Labels & More. 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - W wp-mpdf 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/print-this-page" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Print 🖨 — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Print 🖨: 300+ active installs, 3.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/print-this-page
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