WP Editor Widget
by feedmeastraycat · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 9.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
WP Editor Widget adds a rich text widget where the content is edited using the standard WordPress visual editor.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
9K+
≈9.9K estimated
Momentum
+48%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “editor”, “rich text” and “widget” 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.
48 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.8%
of downloads still active
At least 9K of 155.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.24.
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 2185 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.5.24; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 18 reviews, smoothed to 4.23★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2185 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| editor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rich text your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wpml your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wysiwyg 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). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “editor”, “rich text” and “widget” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 846 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
6.0y ago
latest release · v0.6.0 · 7 Nov 2020
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “9K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago and the previous band took 3.6 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 10K.
Install history since 11 Jun 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ timbobo9.4y ago
There is one bad review that I think is based on a mis-understanding. This plugin creates a new TYPE of widget – Rich Text, which features your current rich text editor. You can create as many different widgets as you want with this new template type. This plugin is absolutely perfect for what it does.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jesus Parrado Alameda9.5y ago
Editing as in a post or page makes easy to edit text for WordPress users. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Goran Grudic9.6y ago
This plugin makes it easier to edit widgets with rich text and I’m sure my users will love it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ LogoLogics10.0y ago
After using the Black Studio TinyMCE Widget for years I started looking for a similar one that would not have the same conflicts with other plugins. I installed “WP edit widget” and it had no conflicts, worked out of the box and the widget content was not gone after deactiving the plugin ( something that frustrated me in Black Studio TinyMCE Widget.) I had almost immediate respons to my support question, so I will start using this exellent plugin and hope the developer will update it as soon as it would start behaving badly in time. Thanks! Annie This topic was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by LogoLogics.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ CCDzine10.2y ago
I used it to add client instructions to an admin page. This makes adding screenshots and video quite easy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ryan Skov11.2y ago
Used it a lot om multiple sites.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ericmulder11.3y ago
Very nice widget. Finally able to have my clients use html with a proper editor in the widget area’s.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AI.Takeuchi11.6y ago
Must have plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 0.6.0 Added support for WPML – Set the language for each Widget and only the ones for the current active language is output. (Thanks to @docryan ) Added filter wp_editor_widget_html – Makes it possible to change the full HTML 0.6.0
- — Version 0.5.5 Added Danish translation (Thanks to @docryan ) 0.5.5
- — Version 0.5.4 Added German translation (Thanks to @ohaucke ) Renamed the editor id to comply with WP Codex tips (Might help with Issue #3 ) 0.5.4
- — Version 0.5.3 Bugfix: Issue #8 – Filters for WP Editor Widget content wasn’t always loaded (since 0.5.0) 0.5.3
- — Version 0.5.2 WP Core Issue #27853 has been fixed in WP 3.9.1, this change makes sure that the fix from last version only is active on WP 3.9 and earlier 0.5.2
- — Version 0.5.1 Bugfix: Couldn’t switch to plain text on customize.php ( Issue #27853 ) Bugfix: JS errors that could appear depending on if you loaded the editor in wysiwyg or plain text Bugfix: Didn’t store plain text widget content co 0.5.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 66 languages, 4 at 90% or more
Plus 42 more locales with partial translations.
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 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WP Editor Widget adds a rich text widget where the content is edited using the standard WordPress visual ed..."
- ! 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 591 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "wpml", "wysiwyg" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-16 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1328 days in tier
- 2022-09-26 20K+ → 10K+ down after 2247 days in tier
- 2016-08-01 10K+ → 20K+ up after 415 days in tier
- 2015-06-13 9K+ → 10K+ 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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Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Widget Content Blocks 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Re-add text underline and justify 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B - V Visual Term Description Editor 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
- A Advanced TinyMCE Configuration 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Advanced Rich Text Tools for Gutenberg 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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