WP Post Series
by Mike Jolley · Education
Also makes 2 other plugins · 9.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Publish and link together a series of posts using a new "series" taxonomy. Automatically display links to other posts in a series above your content.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
600+
≈650 estimated
Momentum
+150%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “book”, “course” and “organize” 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.
86 health vs 70 average across 281 Education plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.8%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 15.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Education plugin keeps 1.1%, across 177 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Education plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 26 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.19★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
48
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
43%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| post series your tag | #1 | #2 | up 1 |
| series your tag | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| series of posts | #2 | #5 | — |
| posts series | #3 | #6 | — |
| book your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| course your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| organize your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 8 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
- “book”, “course” and “organize” 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.
- Already on top for “series of posts”. #2 without listing it. A tag would change little there; your slots are better spent on a search you don't yet win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 739 · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
26d ago
latest release · v2.1.0 · 6 Oct 2026
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ anhtuantb5.4y ago
Very good. Hope you will develop many more times.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pauldbnut5.6y ago
To be fair, it is described as a basic plugin, but still installed fine with WordPress 5.7 and does do the job quite well. However, when deactivated and deleted, it left the subcategory “Series” under Dashboard “Posts”, a column Post Series under All Posts, and a Post series text box in the Quick Edit window. Would be nice if it cleaned up after itself.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Beka Rice10.1y ago
This is an excellent tool for any regular blogger, as it lets you group together a collection of posts or articles. It’s lightweight, no configuration needed, and it will show all articles in a series at the top of a post so readers can see other relevant articles.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jatupon Rattanapanop11.2y ago
This plugin does what it say. Very simple work. I did a little bit to change the style and it perfect! Thank you very much.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Claudio Sanches11.7y ago
🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Hugh Lashbrooke11.9y ago
Does what it says on the tin – perfect solution for running post series on your blog.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ quantumcowboy12.7y ago
Tried several of the many post series plugins out there, and finally settle on this one. I like the clean addition of the Series header above each post and the drop down menu to show all other posts in the serise. Would like to see: Ability to close the drop-down box of related posts with an additional click. (Seems like this is in the development version and forthcoming. Quick ability to embed a dynamic list of all posts in a series on to a static page. (Or, assign a static “home” page for each series.) Thanks so much for a great plugin, this will definitely make one of my upcoming blogging projects much easier.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Doug Smith12.7y ago
I had been using another plugin to add a series taxonomy but it had way more features than I used and it ate a lot of server resources. On the other hand, this plugin does just enough, does so elegantly, and is light on the resources used.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 92 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 68 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
4 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Publish and link together a series of posts using a new "series" taxonomy. Automatically display links to o..."
- ! 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 One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,015 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "book", "organize" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-13 700+ → 600+ down after 279 days in tier
- 2025-06-07 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-06 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-04 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-03 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-01 800+ → 700+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-05-28 700+ → 800+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2025-05-16 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
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).
-
Post Series 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - R Really Simple Series 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- E Easy Post Series 20+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- S Simple Course Creator – Updates 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
-
Simple Course Creator 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content 100K+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for WP Post Series into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-post-series" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Post Series — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Post Series: 600+ active installs, 4.7★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-post-series
Spotted a number that looks wrong? Report a data issue and we'll check it against the source.