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Re-add text underline and justify

by Brice Capobianco · Blocks

Also makes 2 other plugins · 60.5K+ installs across the portfolio →

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This tiny plugin re-adds the Editor text underline & text justify buttons in the WYSIWYG removed in WordPress 4.7.0

How scoring works →
78 Health · B
Maintenance 76/100
Rating quality 87/100
Support 70/100

78 health vs 67 average across 1,682 Blocks plugins

50K+

Active installs

≈56K estimated

554.8K

Total downloads

since 2016

4.44★

Rating (adjusted)

4.7★ raw · 26 reviews

+8%

2.7K

Downloads · 30d

category median +14%

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.

92 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 84/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 86/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+8% vs prior 30d
83Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

2.7K

now · peak 27.3K

2.7K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

Re-add text underlin · #730 you Classic Editor · #4 Classic Widgets · #24 Advanced Editor Tool · #30

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.7Stars · Aug 26

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.

54per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How 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

9mo ago

latest release · v0.4.2

10

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.4.2 · 9mo ago0.4.1 · 2.5y ago0.4 · 3.8y ago0.3 · 6.8y ago0.2 · 8.0y ago0.1.4 · 9.4y ago0.1.3 · 9.6y ago0.1.2 · 9.8y ago0.1.1 · 9.8y ago0.1 · 9.8y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v0.4 84%
v0.3 10%
Older / other versions 5.3%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “50K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
50K–60K ≈56K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2017-06-09 · 1,444 observations

50KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

Ratings · 26 reviews

Read on wp.org ↗
5★
24 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
2

Details

Version
0.4.2
Last updated
9mo ago
Added
2016-11-10 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
5.5.12
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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 0.4.2 Tested on WP 6.9 with success! Update readme 0.4.2
  2. — Version 0.4.1 Tested on WP 6.4.3 with success! 0.4.1
  3. — Version 0.4 Tested on WP 6.0.3 with success! Update readme 0.4
  4. — Version 0.3 Tested on WP 5.3 with success! Change default option to “Re-add underline & justify buttons” on plugin activation 0.3
  5. — Version 0.2 Tested on WP 4.9.8 with success! Added support for Gutenberg for its “Classic” bloc only. Remove option 3 “Re-add underline & justify + rearrange” (depracated) 0.2
  6. — Version 0.1.4 Tested on WP 4.7.3 with success! Fix broken links in plugins meta 0.1.4

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 15 languages, 13 at 90% or more

Arabic 100%
Chinese (Taiwan) 100%
Dutch 100%
Dutch (Belgium) 100%
English (South Africa) 100%
English (UK) 100%
French (Canada) 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Mexico) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
Spanish (Venezuela) 100%
Czech 90%
German (Formal) 90%
German 81%
Russian 45%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-01-26 60K+ → 50K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-25 50K+ → 60K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-01-24 60K+ → 50K+ down after 997 days in tier
  4. 2023-05-03 70K+ → 60K+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-05-02 60K+ → 70K+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2023-05-01 70K+ → 60K+ down

Competes with

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