Storefront Blog Excerpts
by wooassist · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 8.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Change the post content area on your archive pages to show the excerpt instead of the full content.
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Health
D 54/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
700+
≈760 estimated
Momentum
+10%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “blog”, “excerpt” and “float” 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.
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.2%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 21.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,786 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
36/100Maintenance 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.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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 959 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 13 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.3★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 959 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| blog your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| excerpt your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| float your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| storefront your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| thumbnail your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 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
- “blog”, “excerpt” and “float” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 791 · 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 · 81% 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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 62% of the way through.
Install history since 26 Dec 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ webmasterscr2.8y ago
A must-have plugin to make Storefront’s blog archive acceptable.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Smolle6.3y ago
Now the readers are forced to look at the page that it is on so they can leave comments. In the past, they would read an article and not know that they could comment. Thank you so much… Also makes the page nice and clean
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ therealcoldbike6.7y ago
There are probably a dozen plugins that do what this one does, except this one doesn’t require you to go in and edit all your posts. I use storefront, and I have a blog.I want people to be able to see a bunch of blog posts instead of getting bogged down in the first long-winded writing they come across. This does it, by itself, and doesn’t break anything else.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chenligo6.9y ago
you save me!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thesamantics7.8y ago
I’ve only had this installed for a couple of minutes and already I had to give a five-star review. As soon as you activate the plugin, it automatically changes the blog feed. Of course, you can configure it however you’d like, but it looks great on a mobile device with the pre-set adjustments. After spending almost all of yesterday trying to get a plugin to work (for a totally different purpose), this was a huge relief. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mattdew8.3y ago
Thank you so much for this! It works great and is exactly what I was looking for.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ PatrizioRD8.3y ago
Which is just more than many other plugins, including commercial ones, do.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ FinnSommer8.9y ago
This little plugin from wooassist will together with wooassist other small awesome plugins make your Storefront complete. Thank you ‘wooassist’ for development of this plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 126 languages, 2 at 90% or more · development strings
Plus 102 more locales with partial translations.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Change the post content area on your archive pages to show the excerpt instead of the full content."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 0 headings and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,129 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-18 800+ → 700+ down after 266 days in tier
- 2025-09-25 900+ → 800+ down after 187 days in tier
- 2025-03-22 1K+ → 900+ down after 2541 days in tier
- 2018-04-07 500+ → 1K+ up after 447 days in tier
- 2017-01-15 200+ → 500+ 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).
- A Advanced Excerpt 80K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
BlockSpare – Gutenberg Blocks, AI Content Generator & Site Builder for news, magazine, blog and business sites 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Storefront Product Sharing 4K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
Simple Blog Stats 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Classic Blog Grid 3K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
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