Publish To Apple News
by Alley · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Enables journalistic outlets already approved by Apple News to send content directly to the app.
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Health
B 82/100
no flags
Active installs
4K+
≈4.8K estimated
Momentum
+9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “approved” and “already” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11 and #14 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 4K of 813.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,785 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 4 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 12 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.8★ over 25 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.0★
4 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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
25%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple news | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| apple your tag | #2 | #3 | up 1 |
| publish your tag | #6 | #15 | 0 |
| news your tag | #8 | #19 | 0 |
| approved | #11 | #22 | up 7 |
| already | #14 | #24 | up 5 |
| ios your tag | #17 | #17 | down 2 |
| news app | #9 | #19 | down 1 |
| publish post | #9 | #20 | 0 |
| news website | #10 | #21 | 0 |
| post publish | #13 | #19 | up 2 |
| ai news | #17 | #19 | 0 |
| wordpress news app | #22 | #22 | — |
| news plugin | #24 | #24 | down 3 |
46 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 32 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “approved” and “already” to your wp.org tags. You rank #11 and #14 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 17.8K · 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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
12d ago
latest release · v2.9.1 · 22 Oct 2026
73
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and the previous band took 15 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 5K.
Install history since 3 Nov 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Damian2.8y ago
The Publish to Apple News plugin does a decent job allowing WordPress users to easily distribute their content to Apple News. It provides an automated way to format and submit WordPress posts to the Apple News platform with just a few clicks. For bloggers looking to expand their reach, this plugin offers a seamless way to access Apple’s robust news reader audience.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thereviewer935.3y ago
I’m unable to select multiple post types. Only one post type at a time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Simmons6.2y ago
I can get some posts to publish automatically, but not all of them, which is frustrating. This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Simmons.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tejas Gajjar7.1y ago
I have used this plugin and asked for support of my one question I waited for 5 days for the response from the author but no response I got.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cryptozink7.1y ago
This plugin is perfect for what I was looking for. I submitted to Apple News from wordpress admin panel and now waiting for moderators to approve. Fingers crossed I get approve. WOW, thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ natejacobson7.2y ago
Just what I needed, video embed fix was slow in coming.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ atoupet7.6y ago
Looks great but has severals problemes with special characters. Content just break with accent, display “à” as ? … Seems to support only english, and not latin languages. Can the author update that? 🙂 And, once article are published, seems impossible to update them … This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by atoupet.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rocketsportsnetwork8.5y ago
This plugin insanely instructs WP to store *15* additional image sizes for every image you upload, and the majority of them are huge. Now, WP doesn’t upscale, so the huge ones will only get created if you’re uploading images larger than this already, but: this is completely and utterly stupid, to have this many, this close in size. And no, it’s not relevant if Apple’s own stupid guidelines recommend this many – be sensible! The image sizes it creates (taken from a var_dump() of the WP var which holds them): [“apple_news_ca_landscape_12_9”]=>int(1832)int(1374) [“apple_news_ca_landscape_9_7”]=>int(1376)int(1032) [“apple_news_ca_landscape_5_5”]=>int(1044)int(783) [“apple_news_ca_landscape_4_7”]=>int(632)int(474) [“apple_news_ca_landscape_4_0”]=>int(536)int(402) [“apple_news_ca_portrait_12_9”]=>int(1122)int(1496) [“apple_news_ca_portrait_9_7”]=>int(840)int(1120) [“apple_news_ca_portrait_5_5”]=>int(687)int(916) [“apple_news_ca_portrait_4_7”]=>int(414)int(552) [“apple_news_ca_portrait_4_0”]=>int(354)int(472) [“apple_news_ca_square_12_9”]=>int(1472)int(1472) [“apple_news_ca_square_9_7”]=>int(1104)int(1104) [“apple_news_ca_square_5_5”]=>int(912)int(912) [“apple_news_ca_square_4_7”]=>int(550)int(550) [“apple_news_ca_square_4_0”]=>int(470)int(470) This is just nuts. You could reduce this from 15 to just 6 with negligible impact. Just have two, maybe three at a push, sizes per layout instead of 5. Utterly bonkers. This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by rocketsportsnetwork.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.8.0 Breaking Change: Drops support for EOL PHP versions (8.0, 8.1). The minimum required PHP version is now 8.2. Enhancement: Adds a new filter, apple_news_embed_web_video_link, to filter the final video URL for an Embed Web 2.8.0
- — Version 2.7.2 Enhancement: Now shows up to 50 suggestions for terms in Automation settings, rather than just 10. Props to @aurooba for the fix. Bugfix: Resolves an issue where the date in the standalone “Date” component had the UTC of 2.7.2
- — Version 2.7.1 Changed: Removed the requirement that recipe HTML contains the exact name of the recipe given in the corresponding JSON-LD item. Bugfix: Fixed an issue where an error would occur when attempting to publish posts containi 2.7.1
- — Version 2.7.0 Enhancement: Add support for the Apple News Recipe component. Please visit our wiki for detailed documentation . Enhancement: Add “Cover Media” options, expanding on existing “Cover Image” feature, allowing YouTube or ot 2.7.0
- — Version 2.6.3 Bugfix: Fixed an issue where the deletion of a post’s autosave could cause the Apple News article for that post to be deleted. 2.6.3
- — Version 2.6.2 Enhancement: i18n – Remove load_plugin_textdomain . Since WordPress 4.6, plugins no longer need to load their own textdomain. Enhancement: i18n – Moved some plugin initialization code to the init action hook. Enhancement 2.6.2
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 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 "Enables journalistic outlets already approved by Apple News to send content directly to the app."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions YouTube, Vimeo.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 997 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "ios" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-23 5K+ → 4K+ down after 437 days in tier
- 2025-05-12 4K+ → 5K+ up after 409 days in tier
- 2024-03-29 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1199 days in tier
- 2020-12-16 4K+ → 5K+ up after 588 days in tier
- 2019-05-08 2K+ → 4K+ up after 798 days in tier
- 2017-03-01 30+ → 2K+ up
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