Simple Export to Markdown
by Pavel Sherer · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 330+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a Gutenberg editor panel to export post or page content to Markdown format.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈330 estimated
Momentum
+43%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “content” for “yaml”. “content” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “yaml” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →11%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 2.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 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.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 1 day ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-1.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| export markdown | #3 | #9 | 0 |
| whitespace | #5 | #11 | — |
| markdown your tag | #9 | #11 | down 2 |
| yaml | #6 | #12 | down 2 |
| clipboard your tag | #13 | #19 | down 1 |
| markdown editor | #11 | #16 | down 3 |
| copy to clipboard | #24 | #20 | — |
| content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| export your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
22 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 15 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 “content” for “yaml”. “content” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “yaml” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “clipboard”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 4 Dec 2025 · 332 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 740 · 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 21 Oct 2026.
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
yesterday
latest release · v0.2.0 · 30 Oct 2026
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 31% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 400+ in roughly 109 days.
Install history since 3 Dec 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Danny van Kooten5mo ago
Solid plugin. Works perfectly, code looks good. Thanks Pavel!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nineplanetsllc5mo ago
Works great! Recommend 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kevin Dees5mo ago
Works as expected. Simple and clean.Would be great to see a bulk action added for exporting all posts at once as a zip file.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 0 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.
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
7 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 "Adds a Gutenberg editor panel to export post or page content to Markdown format."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 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 Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,244 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 200+ → 300+ up after 61 days in tier
- 2026-05-10 100+ → 200+ up after 72 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-02-22 80+ → 90+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-02-17 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 60+ → 70+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-02-06 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-05 60+ → 50+ down 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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Markup Markdown 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Markdown Editor (Formerly Dark Mode) 1K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Classic Editor 8M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A - C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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