Simple SEO Improvements

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

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.

31 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 26 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 88% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 14 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Awalon

   2.6y ago

   Love it, each plugin of urs is simple and effective.Simplicity always is the ebst, no need to make a big fuss like some other plugins and yet they arent doing anything more. Keep it up, hopefuly mroe new plugins on the way, so far i use 3 from this author.

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2. ★★★★★ hekatedesign

   5.0y ago

   Small, simple, easy to configure, not bloated with bazillion options, just all what is necessary.

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3. ★★★★★ Sebastian Misniakiewicz

   5.1y ago

   There are a lot of SEO plugins but all of them put a lot of stress not on the way our WP is running – they have a lot useless features and thus very often tend to corrupt. Simple SEO Improvements plugin has all essential that such a plugin needs to have – and simultaneously do not make our WP unstable. IMHO it is the must choice for everybody that really wants to have light WP that runs stable. This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Sebastian Misniakiewicz.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 3 languages, 1 at 90% or more

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.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-08-24 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-08-23 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-08-22 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2025-08-21 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
5. 2025-08-18 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
6. 2025-08-15 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-08-14 200+ → 300+ up after 7 days in tier
8. 2025-08-07 300+ → 200+ down after 79 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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Simple SEO Improvements: 300+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-seo-improvements