WP Foundation Shortcodes
by Adam Pery · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 150+ installs across the portfolio →
WP Foundation Shortcodes Plugin makes your ZURB Foundation website to the most powerful framework by styling your content with shortcodes
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-7%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “wordpress foundation shortcode” for “zurb”. “wordpress foundation shortcode” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “zurb” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 7.1K 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3773 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3773 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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 10d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 10d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress zurb foundation your tag | #6 | #5 | 0 |
| zurb foundation your tag | #6 | #5 | 0 |
| zurb foundation 5 | #4 | #3 | 0 |
| zurb | #14 | #9 | 0 |
| wordpress foundation shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress shortcodes your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wp foundation shortcodes your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 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
- Swap “wordpress foundation shortcode” for “zurb”. “wordpress foundation shortcode” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “zurb” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 1 Nov 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 135 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 1 at 90% or more · development strings
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 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WP Foundation Shortcodes Plugin makes your ZURB Foundation website to the most powerful framework by stylin..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 4 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,771 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Wordpress foundation Shortcode", "Wordpress Shortcodes", "Wordpress zurb foundation" 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).
- F FOUNDATION LIVE SHORTCODES 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
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Easy Bootstrap Shortcode 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Zurb Foundation 5 Clearing Gallery 70+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D - S Shortcodes 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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EffortLess Shortcode Insertion — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
UT WordPress Shortcodes — installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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Drop a live Pulse card for WP Foundation Shortcodes into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-foundation-shortcodes" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Foundation Shortcodes — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Foundation Shortcodes: 100+ active installs, 4.3★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-foundation-shortcodes
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