Text Replace
by Scott Reilly · Uncategorized
Replace text with other text. Handy for creating shortcuts to common, lengthy, or frequently changing text/HTML, or for smilies.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “3K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-06-29 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-11 4K+ → 3K+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Enable Media Replace 600K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search & Replace 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
String locator 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C -
Real-Time Find and Replace 70K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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