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Shortnotes

by Jeremy Felt · Uncategorized

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Add a notes post type to WordPress. For your short notes.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews

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67 Health · C

Maintenance 60/100

Rating quality 74/100

Support 70/100

67 health vs 61 average across 5,597 Uncategorized plugins

10+

Active installs

≈17 estimated

5.6K

Total downloads

since 2021

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

-35%

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

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.

77 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 68/100

WP compatibility 100/100

Rating quality 51/100

Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-35% vs prior 30d

Oct 22

Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

now · peak 193

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

Shortnotes · #30399 WebSub (FKA. PubSubH · #371 WP Dashboard Notes · #1122 Dashboard Notepad · #2126

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate

10–20 ≈17

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations

Ratings · 1 reviews

Details

Version: 1.7.0
Last updated: 1.0y ago
Added: 2021-03-11 · 5 yrs on WP
Requires WP: 6.3
Tested up to: 6.8.5
Requires PHP: 7.2

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Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

No band crossings observed yet.

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Shortnotes: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/shortnotes