Simple Text Shortcodes
by Alexander Panayotov · Uncategorized
Create text shortocodes with ease!
47 health vs 56 average across 16,375 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3057 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
72
now · peak 158
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
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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2020-08-11 · 1,387 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ TFMEDIA™7.9y ago
Very Nice Works, thanks 4all
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Atanas Atanasov8.1y ago
This plugin is easy to use and does the job pretty well. Kudos to the developer!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Eelcomp9.8y ago
Would be nice to have it working in widget to.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Marin Atanasov10.0y ago
The plugin very helpful for creating any content or elements that one might wish to reuse.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ crazy_jrt10.0y ago
Excellent for repeatable elements and very easy to use, even for WordPress beginners.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-03 200+ → 100+ down after 632 days in tier
- 2023-02-10 300+ → 200+ down after 63 days in tier
- 2022-12-09 200+ → 300+ up
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).
- C Custom Shortcodes 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Special Text Boxes 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Remove Orphan Shortcodes 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D - L Library 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Hide Broken Shortcodes 400+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Content text slider on post 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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