Rich Table of Contents
by Croover.inc · Uncategorized
RTOC is a table of contents generation plugin from Japan that allows anyone to easily create a table of contents. Equipped with the functions of the c …
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Health
C 65/100
Stale
Active installs
20K+
≈25K estimated
Momentum
-2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “cms” for “japan”. “cms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “japan” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.5%
of downloads still active
At least 20K of 364.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 552 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12; the current branch is 7.1
4.1★ over 17 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 552 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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| rich | #14 | #19 | down 2 |
| indexes your tag | #17 | #12 | down 2 |
| table of contents your tag | #24 | #22 | down 10 |
| japan | #24 | #13 | down 1 |
| table generation | #18 | #19 | — |
| auto table of contents | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| cms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| navigation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| toc your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
19 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 13 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “cms” for “japan”. “cms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “japan” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- Slipping on “table of contents”. Down 10 places since 2026-08-05, now #24. Check what shipped around then, and what moved above you.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 29.8K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
1.5y ago
latest release · v1.4.3 · 30 Apr 2025
52
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 75% 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 “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 months 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 1 May 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ greentreefrog3.2y ago
I want to give it 4.5 stars. I rounded up. Since it was easy enough to make a work-around for any of my issues, it deserves at least a 4. And it works for keyboard-only users. I rejected 4 other table of contents plugins immediately after installing because there was no way for a keyboard-only user to open a closed table of contents and/or the links inside. This one can be tabbed to. Yay! I like that you can specify the heading level depth (though this is true of all table of contents plugins I tried). You can stop the ToC from appearing on specific pages and posts by listing the page/post id’s to exclude in the settings. I just discovered that you can also hide the table of contents on individual pages by using the shortcode and including heading="h0". No heading levels, no table of contents at all. (If this is not documented somewhere, it should be, because it is a useful feature for editors who do not have access to plugin settings.) However, explaining to my website owners that they need to add a shortcode to hide the table of contents is a bit strange. We have two custom post types and only want it to show on one. Checking the “Posts” box made it show not only on regular posts, but also on both custom post types. I used CSS display:none; to hide it on the type where we never want it to show, for lack of an alternative. My remaining issue concerned the styling, but I tend to modify most everything with my own CSS, and it was very easy to override the plugin’s styling. By the way, I just upgraded to WordPress 6.3 and the plugin still works. Oh, and it was able to generate a ToC on the “Opt-Out Preferences” page generated by Complianz, which several block-based ToC’s could not do because the generated content appears after the ToC’s block does. So now I am replacing all my ToC blocks on my personal site with the automatically-generated Rich Table of Contents and eagerly anticipating not having to insert another ToC block every time I write a new blog page. This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by greentreefrog. This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by greentreefrog. Reason: Impove accuracy regarding hiding posts/pages
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ta3583.3y ago
プラグインバージョン1.3.97にバージョンアップすると、画面が真っ白、エラーメッセージが表示されるようです。（プラグインバージョン1.3.9は問題なし。）
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ COTA3.3y ago
JIN:R （1.2.0）でカテゴリを個別ページで設定している表示にすると、コンテンツが何も表示されなくなるバグがありましたが、即日で修正されました This topic was modified 3 years ago by COTA.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mtbybaba3.7y ago
Hello,Very nice plugin. I make a request.1. Please make it possible to change the text color and background color of the open/close button.2. When the open/close button is hidden, please align the title to the left.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gilbertojrbr5.3y ago
The creators use the plugin as a mere marketing tool, there is no intention to make it usable, as you can see when you look for support. They won’t allow you to remove the main TOC and put it only where you want (by using the shortcode), even when they put checkboxes to make it happen. They are kidding us, and the promisse to change such an easy thing like this (checkboxes that doesn’t work) has been running for years now, with no real action taken after various updates. Patetic. This topic was modified 5 years ago by gilbertojrbr.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mastergarden5.4y ago
Before i was using Easy Table of content but right now I am using Rich Table of content . It is such a easy and useful Table of content .
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sandy3105.4y ago
The design is not reflected, and I had try 3 methods you suggested. This plug-in is very awsome, however. it can’t work in my two wordpress. webs with Flatsome and Astra theme.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Shaun5.9y ago
テーマやプラグインによるかもしれませんが、いたって普通のテーマ・プラグイン構成でダメでした。。。 TOC+が一番です。
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.0 First Release. 1.0
- — Version 1.0.1 The version has been upgraded with minor corrections! 1.0.1
- — Version 1.0.2 The version has been upgraded with minor corrections! 1.0.2
- — Version 1.0.3 ＜Corrected item＞ ・[JIN only] Fixed the problem that characters written in the category disappeared ・Fixed the problem that the heading icon short code was displayed ・Fixed an issue that short code is not displayed when S 1.0.3
- — Version 1.0.4 ＜Corrected item＞ ・Fixed an issue where footer copyright display was broken by affinger ・Fixed an issue where the $ hook string was exposed on the admin screen ・Fixed an issue where a line break on a text editor would cau 1.0.4
- — Version 1.0.5 ＜Corrected item＞ ・fixed HTML structure of table of contents is broken ・Fixed a problem where the table of contents is displayed on a page even if the display check is removed. ・Fixed a problem where id is lost if id is s 1.0.5
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.4.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Rich Table of Contents <= 1.3.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗2023-01-17 CVE-2022-4551 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.3.8 Patched in 1.3.9
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 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.
Share of voice
How often each assistant names Rich Table of Contents when asked about this topic, where it comes in the answer, and how that compares with its wp.org search position. Latest run 1 Nov 2026.
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Claude
- Topics tracked
- Table of contents
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "RTOC is a table of contents generation plugin from Japan that allows anyone to easily create a table of con..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use it", "if you want", "if you have").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 8 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,438 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("cms", "indexes", "navigation" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-29 30K+ → 20K+ down after 65 days in tier
- 2024-10-25 20K+ → 30K+ up after 332 days in tier
- 2023-11-28 30K+ → 20K+ down after 420 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 20K+ → 30K+ up after 284 days in tier
- 2021-12-24 10K+ → 20K+ up after 419 days in tier
- 2020-10-31 4K+ → 10K+ up
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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F70 Simple Table of Contents 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags B - E Extended Table of Contents (with nextpage support) 90+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags D
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LuckyWP Table of Contents 90K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Joli Table Of Contents – Table of Contents with Gutenberg Block & Shortcode 7K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Heroic Table of Contents 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
CM Table Of Contents – Clear navigation for better content discovery 100+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags B
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