Visual Editor Font Size
by Nikolay Bachiyski · Uncategorized
Also makes 7 other plugins · 1.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows you to change the font size of the visual editor
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
-9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “font”, “font size” and “tinymce” 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 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 34K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 5028 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 8 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 5028 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| font your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| font size your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tinymce your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| visual editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| write field 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
- “font”, “font size” and “tinymce” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 188 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago and the previous band took 16 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 5 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Patrick6.8y ago
This plugin works great for me and is a simple solution to a problem that many have been looking for. I don’t understand why something like this isn’t included in WP in the first place.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ asm_vo12.0y ago
Some people might find it confusing that the font size incrementor appears at the bottom of each post/page — even though when you increment it for one post/page, it takes effect on all posts/pages. You only have to do it once. Apart from that, it’s super simple, super powerful and just what I was looking for, no more, no less. Bolshoi Spasiba! Why Automattic hasn’t made this an option in Settings >> Writing is a mystery to moi.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rebecca Gill12.0y ago
Love the concept of this plugin, but the user interface not so much. I had to go to the support forum just to figure out how to use it. Once I got past that confusion, I was happy with the performance.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kharnam12.1y ago
No plugin menu appeared in Settings.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ leeyeomans12.5y ago
I was looking for this. I don’t know why, but the text editor font was almost unreadable. Added the plugin and it has made things so much easier. Thanks.!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ivanjunge13.0y ago
This is a great solution. It basically lets you pick from the styles in your stylesheet. (Paragraph, all the Heading tags, and a couple more). You can set the styles in your stylesheet with the font size, etc. and this will link to those presets. It’s clean, simple and the way I would have done this if I was building this plugin. Nice work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bruce-s13.7y ago
Which is great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Phillip Flores13.9y ago
Downloaded this plugin as a response to a Google+ request. Installed it in the latest version of WP and it works great!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows you to change the font size of the visual editor"
- ! 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 291 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "tinyMCE" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-11 300+ → 200+ down after 485 days in tier
- 2025-03-13 400+ → 300+ down after 350 days in tier
- 2024-03-28 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-03-26 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-25 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-24 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-23 500+ → 400+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2024-03-13 400+ → 500+ up after 6 days in tier
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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TinyMCE Templates 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Japanese font for WordPress(Previously: Japanese Font for TinyMCE) 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C -
f(x) Editor 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
tinyWYM Editor 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - T TinyMCE VisualBlocks 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- E EditorFontsize 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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