Simply Excerpts
by A. Jones · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 3.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple plugin for exceprts that allows you to change the word count and to replace the elipsis (...) with text. Not compatible with all themes.
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈590 estimated
Momentum
+41%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “excerpt” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
79 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.1%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 12.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 251 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 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
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| elipsis | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| excerpts your tag | #2 | #15 | 0 |
| excerpt | #4 | #20 | 0 |
| simply | #7 | #22 | down 1 |
| word count your tag | #17 | #21 | down 2 |
| read more your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
15 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “excerpt” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 3 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 547 · 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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Jan 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ limsocheat4.7y ago
Work really great, try many plugins, but this plugin works very well.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ leandrowfx10.7y ago
It’s just works so well.. thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.7). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2023-11-13 CVE-2023-5137 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.4 Patched in 1.6
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 6.4.1
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 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A simple plugin for exceprts that allows you to change the word count and to replace the elipsis (...) with..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); 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 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 816 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-30 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-29 500+ → 400+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-10-22 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-20 500+ → 400+ down after 129 days in tier
- 2025-06-13 400+ → 500+ up after 2011 days in tier
- 2019-12-11 300+ → 400+ up after 610 days in tier
- 2018-04-10 40+ → 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).
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Reading Time WP 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Read More Without Refresh 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Text Unfold For Elementor 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Post Admin Word Count 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag C - A Advanced Post Excerpt 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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Sortable Word Count Reloaded 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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