Normalizes UTF-8 input to Normalization Form C.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈100 estimated
Momentum
-21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “form c”, “normalization” and “normalize” 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.
45 health vs 65 average across 2,509 Forms plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.0%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Forms plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,668 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Forms 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, 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 3572 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3572 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| unicode normalization form c your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| form c your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| normalization your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| normalize your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| unicode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search 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
- “form c”, “normalization” and “normalize” 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 6 Oct 2022 · 1,486 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 82 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ 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.
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
9.8y ago
latest release · v1.0.6 · 19 Jan 2017
6
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 “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and the previous band took 4.5 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 100.
Install history since 13 Dec 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ yumsun6.7y ago
Thank you very much. I am building a site to upload and search large amounts of PDF documents in Japanese. Some of the characters copy and paste from the PDF title, PDF content, file name, etc. to the WordPress post title did not match the search due to NFD. *Copy and paste is done on Windows. *Copying and pasting from a Mac file name or folder name always results in NFD. It’s working with WordPress 5.3.2. Thanks to this plugin, the NFD title problem has been solved. We hope that you can continue the maintenance. I want to donation too. The page I referred to in this issue. https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30130 Thanks and Regards, yumsun This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by yumsun. This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by yumsun. This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by yumsun.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ andrekelling7.9y ago
no update since 3 years. but working with WP 5.0.2. 20 Multisites need to get scanned and normalised singlewise. But still better then other solutions! Made my day!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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 30 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 Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 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 4 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,625 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Unicode Normalization Form C" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 100+ → 90+ down after 1625 days in tier
- 2022-03-20 90+ → 100+ up after 508 days in tier
- 2020-10-28 10+ → 90+ 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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