WP Lorem ipsum
by Matteo Manna · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 20.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
WP Lorem ipsum automatically create new fake posts to fill the database and get a very good impression for your website.
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈560 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “database”, “lorem ipsum” and “page” 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.
43 health vs 58 average across 25,739 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 26.3K 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.
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 5.8.19.
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 1929 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8
3.4★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1929 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| database your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| lorem ipsum your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post type 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
- “database”, “lorem ipsum” and “page” 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 247 · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
5.3y ago
latest release · v3.2 · 21 Jul 2021
13
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 64% of the way through.
Install history since 28 Mar 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Juergen Schulze7.5y ago
Catchable fatal error: Object of class WP_Error could not be converted to string in /var/www/xxx/wp-content/plugins/wp-lorem-ipsum/lib/class.posts.php on line 37
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Clément MARTINEZ7.5y ago
Could be improve with more options (like h1, h2, h3 or more html elements in the post body) but very usefull anyway!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kagsundaram7.8y ago
So here I am setting up a sandbox WP installation for testing plugins that I m writing. This wonderful little plugin just saved me hours of setup, giving me a full set of “real posts” and “real pages” to operate upon. Ten Stars!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jaemaz8.6y ago
The plugin works great to add placeholder posts. Unfortunately, the placeholder text it adds includes “funny” words associated with meat, such as “Tenderloin short ribs cow ground round, drumstick’s kielbasa burgdoggen doner chicken”. I personally don’t care— but I wanted to show a demo to a client, and can’t do it with dummy content like this. This topic was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by jaemaz.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Matteo Manna9.6y ago
Finally a really useful plugin. You can select number of posts, post type, and other parameters to fill your database during development. Good.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
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 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WP Lorem ipsum automatically create new fake posts to fill the database and get a very good impression for..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 254 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "page" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-24 600+ → 500+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-21 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-20 600+ → 500+ down after 80 days in tier
- 2026-04-01 700+ → 600+ down after 130 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 800+ → 700+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-19 700+ → 800+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-16 800+ → 700+ down after 134 days in tier
- 2025-07-05 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
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