WP Excerpt Generator
by Mathieu Chartier · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 210+ installs across the portfolio →
générateur d'extraits pour WordPress avec plusieurs options... (excerpts generator for WordPress with several options...).
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Health
D 40/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+24%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “clip”, “extract” and “extracts” 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.
40 health vs 58 average across 25,762 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 14.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30, 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 2734 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.2.30; the current branch is 6.8
2.8★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 3.88★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2734 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| extrait your tag | #6 | #6 | 0 |
| extraits your tag | #6 | #6 | 0 |
| clip your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| extract your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| extracts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 4 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
- “clip”, “extract” and “extracts” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 200 · 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 1 Nov 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.
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
7.5y ago
latest release · v2.6.1 · 9 May 2019
23
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 51% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous5.7y ago
This is a not updated plugins. I tried it with WordPress 5.6.1. The plugin generated too long excerpts including the tags of WP Bakery visual composer. Luckily I had made a backup of the database!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JPPdesigns6.3y ago
Site I was building needed excerpts. I generated them… I deleted a few. Tried to save new ACF content… nothing saves anymore. Everything is broken. Have to redo hours of work. This topic was modified 6 years ago by JPPdesigns.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ferryvb66.5y ago
This plugin can delete the custom post type name field when pressing a wrong button rendering your website broken!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ guilamu6.5y ago
Excerpt generation is totally bugged now, can’t delete the bugged excerpts the plugin has generated, etc. DO NOT USE.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ unalignedcoder9.5y ago
All it does is adding a <br/> in the excerpt field. Doesn’t work. Waste of time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Carter8611.3y ago
Although WordPress knows generate excerpts with some of its functions, this plugin is much better and really helps get the result we want. I love the fact that we can keep the HTML code and manage the created excerpts. Wonderful job, thanks a lot!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jack12.5y ago
Needed a solution where I work to maintain hyperlinks in post excerpts. I took a stab at updating our theme to adjust filters. Then I discovered you would need to be concerned with losing closing tags in an excerpt. This plugin solved the problem. The partial setting for Keeping HTML in an excerpt includes the A HREF tag. So this plugin can be used instead of having to modify the theme. Love it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous12.6y ago
It works like a charm. Thanks a lot for sharing !
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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 2 Nov 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 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 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,098 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "clip" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-07 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-06 200+ → 300+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-05 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-03 300+ → 200+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2026-03-07 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-03-06 300+ → 200+ down after 467 days in tier
- 2024-11-24 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
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