Rich Text Editor
by richtexteditor · Uncategorized
This plugin integrates your Wordpress with RichTextEditor - the most powerful online wysiwyg content editor.
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Health
F 39/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
50+
≈55 estimated
Momentum
-21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “php editor”, “rich text editor” and “wysiwyg editor” 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.
39 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 74.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, 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 3591 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8
3.2★ over 22 reviews, smoothed to 3.82★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3591 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| richtexteditor your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| php editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| php html editor your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| rich text editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wysiwyg editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 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
- “php editor”, “rich text editor” and “wysiwyg editor” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 155 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 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 30 Mar 2018
Reviewer account pattern
from wp.org reviewer profiles10 of the last 10 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review, and 6 of those landed between 2015-12-07 and 2015-12-29.
Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ korsanuydu612.8y ago
pls new version
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ squaladesign9.7y ago
I really wanted to like this editor but it crashed my whole post/page editor, so I have had to deactivate it. Here’s the error message I received: Warning: DOMDocument::load(): I/O warning : failed to load external entity “/home/…/public_html/wp-admin/richtexteditor/config/default.config” in /home/…/public_html/wp-content/plugins/richtexteditor/richtexteditor/include_rte.php on line 2194 P.S. it’s new WP installation without anything yet This topic was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by squaladesign.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ davidaa2017019.8y ago
just start using this plug-in to edit my site content, it is powerful.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Eduardo Leoni10.4y ago
sucks. Left me with “not found” for a text editor
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ubercrue10.5y ago
The biggest bug for me thus far is it removes all formatting on anything edited not initially created with it. A.k.a. comments, when I go to edit bam, all formatting is removed. On large comments this is tiresome. Also, there are a lot of small bugs, like the link button doesn’t always work as it should, auto-filling with in house links and will not allow you to write one in until that section is completely re-written. Those are just the first 2 and I know there is a bunch just don’t feel like writing them all down. Suffice it to say if you can overlook, fix, or ignore the bugs it has more options than any other editor and I would really like to keep using it but until the formatting issue is fixed, I can’t.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zdeneca10.5y ago
This plugin seems to have 6 fake 5-star reviews as these reviews were submitted within 3 weeks and each “reviewer” has a completely new account that just reviewed this plugin. All these accounts also have default profile images. Moderators should review and remove these reviews.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ji_fearou10.6y ago
1) It works so slow at start , when you opening a Post. 2) And it doesn’t have HTML editor, show only text, and you can’t choose too add Html elements. 3) It somehow turn off save functions of Enigma themes. I can’t change anything on that Theme.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ angelandujar10.6y ago
This editor plugin it’s REEEEALY good! I didn’t download this plugin before because of the low download rate, but after get tired of dumb editors (even Zedity $39) I decided to give a try to this one… MEEEN! This freaking plugin is good! for real! Just try it. Don’t pay attention to the bad reviews and the low download rate. Believe me, you won’t regret it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence2 open vulnerabilities affect the current version (1.0.1). 0 of 2 disclosed are patched.
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
6 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 "This plugin integrates your Wordpress with RichTextEditor - the most powerful online wysiwyg content editor."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 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 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,334 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "PHP Editor", "PHP HTML Editor" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-24 60+ → 50+ down after 310 days in tier
- 2025-06-18 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-16 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-15 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-13 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-11 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-10 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-06-07 70+ → 60+ down after 226 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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