Word Count Goal Tracker
by Divyesh Mishra · Uncategorized
Track your writing progress, set word count goals for posts, and stay consistent as a blogger or author — directly inside your WordPress editor.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
—
not reported yet
Momentum
-15%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “blog productivity”, “content writing” and “word count” 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.
84 health vs 58 average across 25,766 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 15 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
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: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
59
Momentum
Gaining ground
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 10d
75%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 10d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| writing tracker your tag | #9 | #19 | up 1 |
| writing goals your tag | #23 | #23 | down 2 |
| blog productivity your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| content writing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| word count your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “blog productivity”, “content writing” and “word count” 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 15 Sep 2025 · 413 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 139 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #50,200 to #69,500, alongside the other plugins with fewer than 10 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.
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 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
6 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Track your writing progress, set word count goals for posts, and stay consistent as a blogger or author — d..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("perfect for", "who want", "built for").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,521 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("blog productivity", "content writing", "writing goals", "writing tracker" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Reading Time WP 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Surfer – WordPress Plugin 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Post Admin Word Count 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
Sortable Word Count Reloaded 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Article Word Count 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
Just Writing Statistics 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C
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