Simple Keyword to Link
by Alessandro Piconi · Uncategorized
Really Simple "Keyword to Link" Converter. Automatically create links for specific words in your content
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
3K+
≈3.9K estimated
Momentum
+47%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “keyword”, “keywords” and “link” 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.
49 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →58%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 5.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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 801 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 801 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| keyword to link converter | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| keyword your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| keywords your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| link your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| link building your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| links 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). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “keyword”, “keywords” and “link” 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.
- Already on top for “keyword to link converter”. #2 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 17 Feb 2023 · 1,353 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 518 · 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
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
2.2y ago
latest release · v1.5 · 21 Aug 2024
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 28 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 4K.
At the current install trend, crossing 4K+ in roughly 165 days.
Install history since 16 Feb 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ tamduy1911.5y ago
Plugin works well, good function. Suggest adding title tag, alt tag function for link
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ anymath3.6y ago
There was an error, which was fixed quickly after contacting the author This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata). This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by anymath.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.5 BUGFIX ADD bootstrap stat support 1.5
- — Version 1.4 UPDATE WordPress version compatibility 1.4
- — Version 1.3 ADD now it is possible to indicate for each link if you want to replace only whole words and not substrings UPDATE addresses are saved as entered, without being lowercased 1.3
- — Version 1.2 BUGFIX fixed a problem with inserting doctype and content type headers that were repeatedly inserted within the content 1.2
- — Version 1.1 BUGFIX if a word is contained within a url associated with another previously replaced word, an error was generated 1.1
- — Version 1.0 First stable version 1.0
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence2 open vulnerabilities affect the current version (1.5). 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 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 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
2 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 "Really Simple "Keyword to Link" Converter. Automatically create links for specific words in your content"
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("No questions have been asked yet about this plugin").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 626 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "keywords", "link building" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-03 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-02 3K+ → 4K+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-09-27 4K+ → 3K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-09-25 3K+ → 4K+ up after 105 days in tier
- 2026-06-12 2K+ → 3K+ up after 315 days in tier
- 2025-08-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 83 days in tier
- 2025-05-10 2K+ → 1K+ down after 31 days in tier
- 2025-04-09 1K+ → 2K+ up after 11 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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