Read a Poem – Month by Month
by Ruth Maude · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 70+ installs across the portfolio →
Use this plugin to display dynamic fresh post content (poems) each month. Could be used for inspirational quotes or any monthly message.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-50%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “custom post type” for “poems”. “custom post type” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “poems” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4144 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.2.39; the current branch is 6.8
4.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4144 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| poem your tag | #20 | #9 | 0 |
| poems | #19 | #9 | 0 |
| custom post type your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| month your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| poetry your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “custom post type” for “poems”. “custom post type” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “poems” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Under-ranked on “poem”. wp.org puts you #20; on merit you place #9. The plugins above you are winning on install count, not on rating or upkeep.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 142 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 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 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ankit Pokhrel12.2y ago
Great for displaying content per month basis.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ a-b-s12.2y ago
Perfect thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ orgassist12.2y ago
More than one client has asked me to set up a feature on their blog or website for a “tip of the month” or other rotating message, but until now the only plugins I found would change the message each time the page was loaded. We were therefore stuck changing it manually. When I learned about this plugin, i installed it on my client’s site and she’s so happy to finally have this automation in place. Perhaps because she has an older theme, I couldn’t make the shortcodes work in a widget until I installed the Black Studio TinyMCE Widget plugin, which solved the problem nicely. Otherwise, I’d have given it 5 stars.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Use this plugin to display dynamic fresh post content (poems) each month. Could be used for inspirational q..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 938 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "custom post type", "poetry" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-10-19 20+ → 10+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2023-10-03 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2023-09-29 20+ → 10+ down after 185 days in tier
- 2023-03-28 10+ → 20+ up after 55 days in tier
- 2023-02-01 20+ → 10+ down
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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Shortcoder — Create Shortcodes for Anything 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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