Sudwire Newsroom – Local News from Official Sources
by sudwire · Uncategorized
Local news drafted for you from official sources like police, city hall and schools, ready for your editor in WordPress.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Swap “local news”, “news” and “press release” for “city hall”, “police” and “election”. “local news” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “city hall” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “news” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “police” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “press release” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “election” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.9%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 204 lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 3 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: No reviews yet. wp.org scores an unrated plugin as middling on rating, so the first good reviews lift it.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| city hall | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| newsroom your tag | #9 | #9 | down 1 |
| police | #12 | #16 | 0 |
| election | #14 | #16 | up 4 |
| elections | #17 | #20 | 0 |
| local news your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| news your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| police news your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| press release your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “local news”, “news” and “press release” for “city hall”, “police” and “election”. “local news” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “city hall” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “news” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “police” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “press release” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “election” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 25 Oct 2026 · 6 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 210 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 25 Oct 2026
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 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 Mentions Yoast, Rank Math.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,690 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ai news", "press releases" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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