Wiki Page Links
by Darcy Casselman · Uncategorized
[[Wiki Page Links]] is a WordPress plug-in that allows you to add Wikipedia-style hyperlinks to your posts and pages and automatically have them link …
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈32 estimated
Momentum
-27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “pages” and “wiki” 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 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 7.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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 5.3.27, 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 2417 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.3.27; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2417 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wiki your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “pages” and “wiki” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 60 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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 1 Nov 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
15.4y ago
latest release · v0.4 · 27 Jun 2011
4
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 30.
Install history since 18 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ovidiugabriel6.2y ago
Please ignore extra spaces, I have not managed to have wordpress.org let me put the code as it is in this post. [ [ Contact ] ] works fine but [ [ Contact | My contact page ] ] is not working, it displays Contact|My contact page with a question mark with the link to create a new post. [?] This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by ovidiugabriel. This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by ovidiugabriel.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ warnerta11.2y ago
This seems to still work on WP 4.2.4. pagetitle links to a such-titled page and other display text links to such-titled page while displaying other text. However the original description of the plugin is I think wrong when it says it allows such type links to “posts and pages.” As coded, it looks only for Pages, not for Posts. I modified the code to look instead only for Posts, not for Pages. I will be using only Posts for these types of links, so that’s good for me. If you need to use such type links that will link to any Page or Post with such title, you would need to do some more extensive re-coding, I think. The change I made is very simple. Look for this code … if ( $page = get_page_by_title(html_entity_decode($link, ENT_QUOTES))</blockquote> … and change it to this: if ( $page = get_page_by_title(html_entity_decode($link, ENT_QUOTES),OBJECT,post) Cheers.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Arthur Klein12.5y ago
Can anyone clue me in on how to create lists for outside links like wikipedia, imdb etc? An example of each and where the list goes and how it is formated….
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Narthur12.8y ago
Still works perfectly. I hope the developers continue development. I’m sure that “Two years since active development” warning is scaring a lot of people away.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jwill120412.8y ago
Works correctly. Thanks.
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.
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "[[Wiki Page Links]] is a WordPress plug-in that allows you to add Wikipedia-style hyperlinks to your posts..."
- ! 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 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 727 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 20+ → 30+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 30+ → 20+ down after 32 days in tier
- 2026-07-12 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 30+ → 20+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-23 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-22 30+ → 20+ down after 17 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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WP-PageNavi 400K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Nested Pages 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C - I Insert Pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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Widgets on Pages 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C - P Post Tags and Categories for Pages 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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