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Text Snipper

by jordanwebdev · Uncategorized

An easy to use text truncator that trims down multi-line overflowing text and adds an ellipses("...") to it.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 70/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 57 average across 9,308 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 8/100
Rating quality 50/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3498 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-26% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

32

now · peak 74

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

Text Snipper · #21019 String locator · #366 Enhanced Text Widget · #986 Custom Shortcodes · #2982

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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
50–60 ≈57

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 156 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
9.6y ago
Added
2016-12-11 · 9 yrs on WP
Requires WP
Tested up to
4.7.33
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-10 40+ → 50+ up after 16 days in band
  2. 2026-06-24 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
  3. 2026-06-23 40+ → 50+ up after 27 days in band
  4. 2026-05-27 50+ → 40+ down after 3 days in band
  5. 2026-05-24 40+ → 50+ up after 78 days in band
  6. 2026-03-07 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in band
  7. 2026-03-04 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
  8. 2026-03-01 30+ → 40+ up after 5 days in band

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Text Snipper: 50+ active installs, 3.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/text-snipper