Revenue Share for Authors (RSP for WordPress)
by obscurant1st · Social
Also makes 1 other plugin · 20+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin enables adsense revenue sharing for authors on your wordpress site.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-41%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “free revenue share” and “revenue share” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 5.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social 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 4153 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 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.16★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4153 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| adense your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| free revenue share your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| guest bloggers your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| revenue share your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 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
- “free revenue share” and “revenue share” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 151 · 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
11.4y ago
latest release · v2.1.1 · 18 Jun 2015
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 3.3 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 10 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ imatt.au11.1y ago
Plugin is simple to use and setup, but, it would be nice if the ad sizing included the newer ‘responsive’ sizing… Keep up the great work..
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jkellerer11.4y ago
Overall it is one of the best here out of the small selection.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ezkay11.4y ago
It’s just working great. Good support here and over at his forum: http://techtuft.com/forum/rsp-revenue-share-for-authors/ Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ master41216011.7y ago
thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ obscurant1st13.7y ago
This plugin works without any issues in all my blogs!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hpqw13.7y ago
Thanks for this plugin, I have been waiting to get a plugin for sharing the revenue with the authors without any limitations. Now I can share the revenue with as many authors as I want! 🙂 Thanks for that.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin enables adsense revenue sharing for authors on your wordpress site."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,722 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 4 tags appear in the text ("Adense", "Free Revenue Share", "Guest Bloggers", "revenue share" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-07-06 20+ → 10+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2023-06-17 10+ → 20+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2023-06-09 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-06-07 10+ → 20+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2023-05-07 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-05-04 10+ → 20+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2023-04-28 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2023-04-20 10+ → 20+ up after 16 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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