TinyMCE Smiley Button
by Cople · Uncategorized
Add Smiley Button to TinyMCE.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈580 estimated
Momentum
n/a
no downloads in the prior 30 days to compare with
Biggest opportunity: “emoji”, “emoticon” and “emoticons” 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 →2.6%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 19.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,785 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24, well behind 7.1.
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 2248 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.5.24; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
To rank higher: Last updated 2248 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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| smilies your tag | #19 | #23 | 0 |
| emoticon smiley | #6 | #11 | 0 |
| emoticons smiley | #6 | #12 | 0 |
| smiley emoticons | #6 | #11 | 0 |
| emoji your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| emoticon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| emoticons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| smiley your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “emoji”, “emoticon” and “emoticons” 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 164 · 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
6.2y ago
latest release · v1.0.9 · 7 Sep 2020
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 600.
Install history since 27 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Steve North10.7y ago
A nice to have would be to turn the text in the wysiwyg to a smiley. EG. 🙂 <- Would turn into the smiley image after a space is added. A client of ours wants this functionality so i shall send relevant code to do so once i’ve figured it out. 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
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
0 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 29 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 29 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("emoji", "emoticon", "emoticons", "smilies" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-03 600+ → 500+ down after 216 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 700+ → 600+ down after 376 days in tier
- 2025-03-21 800+ → 700+ down after 207 days in tier
- 2024-08-26 900+ → 800+ down after 207 days in tier
- 2024-02-01 1K+ → 900+ down after 1654 days in tier
- 2019-07-23 600+ → 1K+ up after 881 days in tier
- 2017-02-22 100+ → 600+ up after 535 days in tier
- 2015-09-06 40+ → 100+ 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).
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wp-Monalisa 600+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B - T TinyMCE Emoticons 100+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D
- C Custom Smilies Directory 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Antarnisti Smiley for Kaskus — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Native Emoji 5K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Emoji Settings 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C
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