TinyMCE Clear Float
by Philipp Bammes · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 12K+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds a button to the WordPress TinyMCE editor to clear floats.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10K+
≈15K estimated
Momentum
+39%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “clear”, “clear floats” and “formatting” 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.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →13%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 74.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3013 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3013 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| clear your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| clear floats your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| formatting your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tinymce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “clear”, “clear floats” and “formatting” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 697 · 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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
8.3y ago
latest release · v1.3.2 · 1 Aug 2018
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 89% 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6.4 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 26 Feb 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ SforSteph7.7y ago
The issue of text appearing up between two images (one floated left, one floated right) was driving me mad and would’ve looked awful to my client. This plugin quickly and easily solved it – thank you!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Certa Web8.3y ago
The plugin is very easy to use and a great help for our web editors.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kimball319.2y ago
Thanks so much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Alexandre Gaeta9.5y ago
Save some work using this plugin… It´s an easy and similar to a CLEAR:BOTH CSS TAG, that helps images and blocks alingment .
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Oliver Lippert12.0y ago
The Plugin works really greate, also with really new Enviroments (WP 4.0 and an Theme-in-developement with high Standards). Really nice to have this Plugin, I will use it in Various Projects ^^
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ haleeben12.9y ago
Even though this plugin hasn’t been updated for a while (over 2 years), it still works well on WP 3.7.1.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.3.2 Fix: Rare bug (introduced in v1.2.0) that prevented parsing of deprecated clear element if it contained non breaking space ( ) 1.3.2
- — Version 1.3.1 Fix: Bug (introduced in v1.3.0) that hid the TinyMCE content if no clear element was found 1.3.1
- — Version 1.3.0 Fix: Replaced regular expressions for switching clear elements with placeholders and vice versa with DOMParser to reliably match all possible clear element notations (e. g. , , , ) 1.3.0
- — Version 1.2.2 Fix: Rare bug (introduced in v1.2.0) that caused TinyMCE to remove the tag Fix: Bug (introduced in v1.2.0) that prevented the plugin from beeing translatable (finally) Misc: Bumped “Requires at least” to WordPress 4.6 1.2.2
- — Version 1.2.1 Fix: Bug (introduced in v1.2.0) that prevented the plugin from beeing translatable 1.2.1
- — Version 1.2.0 New maintainer; first update after seven years Feature: Removed clear left and clear right buttons (see FAQ section ) Misc: Completely refactured plugin code 1.2.0
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds a button to the WordPress TinyMCE editor to clear floats."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 62 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "formatting", "Wordpress Editor" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2020-06-20 20K+ → 10K+ down after 191 days in tier
- 2019-12-12 10K+ → 20K+ up after 1019 days in tier
- 2017-02-26 8K+ → 10K+ 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 Image Styles 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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Clear Floats Button 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Super Edit 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP-RTL 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
TinyMCE Code Formatting 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - I Inline Tooltips 70+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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