Syndication
by Automattic · Uncategorized
Also makes 78 other plugins · 18.2M+ installs across the portfolio →
Syndicate content to and from your WordPress sites. Push posts to multiple destinations or pull content from external feeds with a single click.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈90 estimated
Momentum
+30%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “multisite” for “syndicate”. “multisite” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “syndicate” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 10.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 49 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ 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.
52
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
50%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| syndication your tag | #1 | #2 | up 1 |
| content syndication | #2 | #6 | up 2 |
| content distribution your tag | #12 | #18 | up 1 |
| syndicate | #9 | #8 | 0 |
| push pull | #5 | #16 | 0 |
| xmlrpc your tag | #14 | #18 | up 4 |
| push api | #24 | #21 | 0 |
| multisite your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rest api your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 1 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 “multisite” for “syndicate”. “multisite” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “syndicate” sits at #9 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 “content distribution”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “xmlrpc”. #14 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 339 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ 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
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
2mo ago
latest release · v2.2.1 · 12 Sep 2026
5
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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 90.
Install history since 6 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ agentdesign8.8y ago
https://github.com/Automattic/syndication/tree/2.1
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Debabrata Ghosh10.1y ago
Impressive Tool.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ crretreat10.2y ago
Directions are not that easy to follow in order to set it up. It seems to only work to push to 1 site. When I tried it to 2 sites it did nothing. Also featured image doesn’t show up, so have to go to the other site to put the featured image in.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DonCharisma13.1y ago
I have just started using this to syndicate from self-hosted blog to my wordpress.com blog. After setting up (follow the procedure) it works, post also posted on my WordPress.com blog 🙂 However, it is a little involved to setup, I had to register two applications with wordpress.com. This process and the screens in wordpress could work a bit smoother and more intuitively. Also my featured image didn’t propagate, presumably featured image has to be locally hosted (ie. local to the blog). Solution was to upload the image on the destination site, but a little extra work. When I verified in the “push syndication settings”, the “token” didn’t stay in that screen, so remember to copy and paste your token elsewhere – you’ll need this to put in the site screen. Good work guys, hopefully these issues can be ironed out. Sincerely Don Charisma
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 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
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 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 ("use this", "if you have").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions REST API, WP-CLI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,053 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Content Distribution", "multisite", "xmlrpc" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-30 80+ → 90+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2026-10-12 70+ → 80+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2026-09-20 60+ → 70+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-09-15 70+ → 60+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2026-08-26 80+ → 70+ down after 60 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 90+ → 80+ down after 83 days in tier
- 2026-04-05 100+ → 90+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-03-28 90+ → 100+ up after 1 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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Talking Monkey Insights 90+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Code Snippets 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
WooCommerce Legacy REST API 400K+ installs · 2.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
User Switching 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A - D Disable XML-RPC 200K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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Disable XML-RPC-API 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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