WP-InstantArticles
by Lester Chan · Social
Also makes 20 other plugins · 753K+ installs across the portfolio →
WP-InstantArticles generates a RSS feed of your WordPress posts as Instant Articles for Facebook to consume.
Removed from WordPress.org
wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-07-27 — at the author’s request. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.
Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-12%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “article”, “facebook” and “instant” 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.
44 health vs 58 average across 1,836 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 15.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1182 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.8; the current branch is 7.1
3.0★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1182 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| article your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| facebook your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| instant your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| instant articles your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| quick your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “article”, “facebook” and “instant” 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 · 1,391 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 180 · 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.
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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 months ago; the previous band took 12 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 16 Jun 2016
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-02 200+ → 100+ down after 372 days in tier
- 2024-03-26 300+ → 200+ down after 243 days in tier
- 2023-07-27 400+ → 300+ down after 190 days in tier
- 2023-01-18 500+ → 400+ down after 99 days in tier
- 2022-10-11 600+ → 500+ down after 539 days in tier
- 2021-04-20 500+ → 600+ up after 244 days in tier
- 2020-08-19 200+ → 500+ up after 1256 days in tier
- 2017-03-12 100+ → 200+ up
Competes with
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