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WP Print Friendly

by Erick Hitter · Uncategorized

Also makes 10 other plugins · 47.9K+ installs across the portfolio →

Extends WordPress' template system to support printer-friendly templates. Works with permalink structures to support nice URLs.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
75 Health · B
Maintenance 82/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100

75 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

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.

84 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 92/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+29% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

222

now · peak 527

23130d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP Print Friendly · #8962 you WP-Print · #2412 Template Kit · #149 Show Current Templat · #344

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.5Stars · Aug 26

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.

462per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How 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

7mo ago

latest release · v0.6.4

23

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.6.4 · 7mo ago0.6.3 · 4.2y ago0.6.2 · 4.2y ago0.6.1 · 8.0y ago0.6 · 11.7y ago0.5.3 · 13.4y ago0.5.2 · 13.8y ago0.5.1 · 14.2y ago0.5 · 14.2y ago0.4.4.1 · 14.3y ago0.4.4 · 14.9y ago0.4.3.3 · 15.0y ago0.4.3.2 · 15.0y ago0.4.3.1 · 15.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v0.6 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
500–600 ≈560

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-04-22 · 1,433 observations

500Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
0.6.4
Last updated
7mo ago
Added
2011-05-20 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
3.1
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. harimayco
    7.6y ago

    just add parameter “print=1” to url and the plugin work as expected.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. Anonymous User 14429768
    11.2y ago

    aber dafür ebenfalls, (wie alle anderen Print-Plugins) keine Kommentare Ansonsten schnell und unkompliziert.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2015-04-20 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.6 Patched in 0.6.1
  2. 2015-04-20 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 0.6.1 Patched in 0.6.1

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more

Chinese (Taiwan) 100%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-01-24 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-23 500+ → 600+ up after 48 days in tier
  3. 2025-12-06 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-12-05 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier
  5. 2025-12-02 600+ → 500+ down after 393 days in tier
  6. 2024-11-04 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-11-03 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2024-11-02 700+ → 600+ down after 3 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).

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WP Print Friendly: 500+ active installs, 3.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-print-friendly