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Simple Spoiler

by Webliberty · Uncategorized

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The plugin allows to create simple spoilers with shortcode.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews

Health

C 68/100

Stale · Few reviews

Active installs

2K+

≈2.5K estimated

Momentum

+39%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Listing tuning scores 52/100. Only 1 tag — use the full 5 relevant tags so search matches more queries.

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68 Health · C
Maintenance 46/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100
Security 94/100

68 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins

2K+

Active installs

≈2.5K estimated

20K

Total downloads

since 2018 · 10% still active

4.1/5

Rating

4.5 on wp.org · 6 reviews

+39%

357

Downloads · 30d

category median +7%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

10%

of downloads still active

At least 2K of 20K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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.

Ratings · 6 reviews

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5★
4 4★
1 3★
1 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.5
Last updated
1.4y ago
Added
2018-01-13 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
4.6
Tested up to
6.8.12
Requires PHP
7.0
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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.

65 / 100

Room to improve

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 54/100

Updated 499 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 58/100

4.5★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 52/100

1 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 499 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+39% vs prior 30d
2331 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.4K · peaks are release surges

35631 Oct 2026

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

Simple Spoiler · #4475youInline Spoilers · #5820OtFm Gutenberg Spoil · #8492Advanced Spoiler · #8828

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.531 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

6831 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.

17831 Oct 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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 · v1.5 · 19 Jun 2025

6

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.5 · 19 Jun 20251.4 · 13 Sep 20241.3 · 12 Sep 20241.2 · 10 May 20241.1 · 25 Feb 20181.0 · 13 Jan 2018

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 53% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.5 53%
v1.2 38%
v1.4 9.1%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
2K–3K ≈2.5K

Crossed into this band 11 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 22 Oct 2020

2K31 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ Curtis
    5.5y ago

    Thank you for developing this plugin. I wanted something simple with minimal configuration and this shortcode and control over the colors is wonderful. Thank you.

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  2. ★★★★★ Mykola Kolos
    6.6y ago

    Легко поддается дополнительной стилизации. Есть необходимая документация по CSS. Отличная техподдержка, реагирует мгновенно. Спасибо.

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  3. ★★★★★ lagidnyj
    6.6y ago

    в середині спойлера не працють інші теги

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  4. ★★★★★ Asome
    6.6y ago

    Спасибо за плагин и быструю техподдержку!

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  5. ★★★★★ Bob Ritz
    7.7y ago

    Great.

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  6. ★★★★★ constantuin
    7.9y ago

    Задумка хорошая, но не увидел кнопку в редакторе. Каждый раз в ручную прописывать, это прошлый век. This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by constantuin.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 1.5 Fixed Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Improved code performance and security. 1.5
  2. — Version 1.4 Fixed Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution vulnerability in comments. 1.4
  3. — Version 1.3 Fixed Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. 1.3
  4. — Version 1.2 Added support spoiler shortcode for comments. Added settings for change spoiler border color. 1.2
  5. — Version 1.1 Fix undefined constant ‘title’. 1.1
  6. — Version 1.0 Initial release. 1.0

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

All 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.5). Sites still on an older version should update.

  1. Patched Medium · 6.4 Simple Spoiler <= 1.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-04-09 CVE-2025-31020 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4 Patched in 1.5
  2. Patched High · 7.3 Simple Spoiler 1.2 - 1.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution ↗
    2024-09-13 CVE-2024-8479 Improper Control of Generation of Code Affects 1.2 - 1.3 Patched in 1.4
  3. Patched Medium · 4.4 Simple Spoiler <= 1.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2024-05-30 CVE-2024-35639 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.2 Patched in 1.3

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 Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 9 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Russian 100%
Dutch 50%
Dutch (Belgium) 50%
Galician 50%
German 50%
German (Formal) 50%
Indonesian 50%
Spanish (Chile) 50%
Spanish (Spain) 50%

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 31 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "The plugin allows to create simple spoilers with shortcode."
  • ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
  • ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
  • ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
  • ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
  • ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
  • ! Enough to quote 321 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
  • ✓ Tags match the text All 1 tags appear in the text.

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-12-04 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-02 2K+ → 3K+ up after 5 days in tier
  3. 2025-11-27 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
  4. 2025-11-25 2K+ → 3K+ up after 3 days in tier
  5. 2025-11-22 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-11-21 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2025-11-20 3K+ → 2K+ down after 359 days in tier
  8. 2024-11-26 2K+ → 3K+ up after 54 days in tier

Competes with

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