Word Counter Plus
by Mofizul Islam · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 90+ installs across the portfolio →
Track, sort, and filter word counts for your WordPress posts right from the admin Posts screen.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈82 estimated
Momentum
+100%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Rating quality scores 51/100. Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.7%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 2.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 1 day ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ 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
+2.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
42%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+2.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| word counter your tag | #1 | #11 | up 1 |
| word counter plus your tag | #1 | #18 | — |
| word counter plus in post column your tag | #2 | #17 | — |
| count words your tag | #4 | #22 | 0 |
| word count | #3 | #18 | up 8 |
| word counter wordpress post your tag | #8 | #23 | — |
| words counter | #3 | #23 | 0 |
| word filter | #5 | #21 | up 14 |
| word | #15 | #24 | — |
| hit counter | #10 | #18 | down 1 |
| counter | #22 | #23 | up 1 |
| words | #19 | #23 | down 1 |
| post word | #13 | #24 | — |
| view counter | #24 | #24 | — |
| admin column post counter | #16 | #23 | 0 |
| post content word count | #21 | #24 | — |
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 16 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “words”, “counter” and “view counter” (#19, #22 and #24 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 26 Jul 2024 · 828 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 304 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
yesterday
latest release · v1.2.7 · 30 Oct 2026
8
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 “80+”. 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 80.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 64 days.
Install history since 25 Jul 2024
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 25 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 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 12 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("designed for", "great for").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,461 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("count words", "Word Counter Plus in post column", "word counter wordpress post" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-01 70+ → 80+ up after 74 days in tier
- 2026-06-19 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-17 70+ → 60+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2026-06-08 60+ → 70+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2026-05-17 50+ → 60+ up after 58 days in tier
- 2026-03-20 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-03-16 50+ → 60+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2026-02-23 40+ → 50+ up after 1 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).
- S Simple Word Counter 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
- N Name: Word Counter 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
- P Post Word Counter and Thumbnail Checker 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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DL Smart Text Counter — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag - P Post Word Counter — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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