Read More Link
by lucadioli · Uncategorized
This plugin allows you to use a "[more...]" tag in a post to display a preview of it on the homepage.
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
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
60+
≈66 estimated
Momentum
-36%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 0/100. Last updated 5307 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
43 health vs 58 average across 25,754 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 10.5K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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 5307 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.3.2; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
0 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5307 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 147 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ 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 1 Nov 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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 59% of the way through.
Install history since 29 Jun 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous13.7y ago
This is the only plugin I have found that does what I want – enables me to shorten long posts in listings by use of a shortcode placed where I want it in the post or page. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ daveb44413.9y ago
Added the plugin and activated it. Nothing. No change to my pages. In the support section a question is asked about this very thing – and after two months – no answer.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
1 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 "This plugin allows you to use a "[more...]" tag in a post to display a preview of it on the homepage."
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 617 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text No tags set.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-03 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-31 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-29 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-05-21 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-18 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-17 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-16 70+ → 60+ down after 166 days in tier
- 2025-12-01 80+ → 70+ down after 113 days in tier
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