PublishPress Planner – Editorial Calendar, Marketing Content, Kanban Board
by PublishPress · Email & Marketing
Also makes 13 other plugins · 305.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
PublishPress Planner has all the tools you need to plan WordPress content including a Content Calendar, Content Overview, and Kanban Board.
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M WP Mayor reviewed this plugin PublishPress Review: A Great WordPress Editorial Calendar Plugin Read review ↗Health
A 92/100
no flags
Active installs
6K+
≈6.5K estimated
Momentum
+120%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “marketing” for “board”. “marketing” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “board” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
92 health vs 66 average across 2,120 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.3%
of downloads still active
At least 6K of 468.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,294 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 17 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 178 reviews, smoothed to 4.72★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
3 of 3 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
60
Momentum
Gaining ground
+1.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
59%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+1.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kanban | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| kanban board your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| planner | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| content overview your tag | #2 | #1 | up 3 |
| editorial calendar your tag | #2 | #2 | up 1 |
| editorial | #2 | #2 | up 3 |
| marketing calendar your tag | #3 | #3 | up 1 |
| publishpress | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| board | #4 | #4 | up 1 |
| content planner | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| editorial calendar plugin | #2 | #2 | up 1 |
| editorial tools | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| overview | #6 | #4 | down 1 |
| content marketing calendar | #3 | #3 | up 2 |
| plan | #8 | #7 | up 3 |
| content calendar | #11 | #10 | up 5 |
| content marketing | #9 | #9 | up 4 |
| marketing your tag | #18 | #12 | up 5 |
| reminders | #10 | #9 | up 6 |
| reminder | #13 | #9 | up 2 |
114 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 90 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “marketing” for “board”. “marketing” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #18. “board” sits at #4 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 14.6K · 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
17d ago
latest release · v4.8.2 · 14 Oct 2026
141
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 61% 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 “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 2.2 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Jul 2017
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (4.8.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects 1.3.0 - 1.9.4 Patched in 1.9.5
- Patched Medium · 6.1 PublishPress: Editorial Calendar, Workflow, Comments, Notifications and Statuses <= 3.5.0 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗2021-09-06 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.5.0 Patched in 3.5.1
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 17 languages, 10 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
7 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 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 ("ideal for", "if you need").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Block editor, Slack, Facebook, YouTube and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 11 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,767 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-30 7K+ → 6K+ down after 788 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 6K+ → 7K+ up after 245 days in tier
- 2022-02-01 5K+ → 6K+ up after 260 days in tier
- 2021-05-17 4K+ → 5K+ up after 331 days in tier
- 2020-06-20 3K+ → 4K+ up after 190 days in tier
- 2019-12-13 2K+ → 3K+ up after 150 days in tier
- 2019-07-16 1K+ → 2K+ up after 318 days in tier
- 2018-09-01 900+ → 1K+ up after 92 days in tier
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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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