SVG Icons
by joelmelon · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 340+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin allows you to use SVG icons within WordPress as shortcode and/or as Gutenberg Block and adds SVG support with the SVG-Sanitizer library.
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Health
C 61/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈390 estimated
Momentum
+4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “sanitizer” and “svg sanitizer” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7 and #8 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
61 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.0%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 524 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 524 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.
28
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sanitizer | #7 | #12 | 0 |
| svg sanitizer | #8 | #20 | — |
| svg icons | #24 | #24 | down 2 |
| icons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| svg your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 3 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
- Add “sanitizer” and “svg sanitizer” to your wp.org tags. You rank #7 and #8 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 403 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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.
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
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.2.2 · 26 May 2025
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 17 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ MD. Mamun Khan2.5y ago
Easy and work.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 30 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 SVG icons within WordPress as shortcode and/or as Gutenberg Block and adds SV..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 356 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-01 200+ → 300+ up after 301 days in tier
- 2024-08-04 100+ → 200+ up after 549 days in tier
- 2023-02-02 90+ → 100+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2023-01-08 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-01-06 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-01-05 80+ → 90+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2022-12-02 70+ → 80+ up after 38 days in tier
- 2022-10-25 60+ → 70+ up after 1 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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WP and Divi Icons 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Spectre Icons 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Lordicon 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Icon Indexa 500+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Jooosi Icon – Modern SVG icon library for WordPress 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Block Icons: Google Library Collection 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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