WP Smart Taxonomy
by DualCube · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 840+ installs across the portfolio →
A cool new Wordpress plugin that helps you to make smart collection of posts.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “automatic”, “categories” and “category” 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.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 3.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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 4.6.30, 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 3725 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.6.30; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3725 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| automatic your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| categories your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| category your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| smart your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| taxonomy 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
- “automatic”, “categories” and “category” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 52 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
9.8y ago
latest release · v1.1.0 · 30 Jan 2017
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.1 years ago; the previous band took 2.8 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ drschill10.9y ago
I have the latest version of the plugin. My posts average many thousands of words and many of them are over 10,000 words and as many as 30,000 words. I also publish 30 to 40 posts a day. When I run the plugin it tends to assign too many categories making the categorization of posts kind of meaningless as the posts don’t seem to be under the “right” categories. Wondering if there is a way to set a limit on the number of categories for each post and also that the top, most often found categories are found/used/returned? Wondering how to fix this. May be willing to look at a custom solution. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ indianplayschools12.2y ago
Excellent
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rhoeffner12.4y ago
Great plugin that works perfectly, does exactly what it promises. Will save me loads of time. Just need the ability to look in the content as well as title and tags. Also, need Custom Taxonomy support.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ master41216012.5y ago
good plugin
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A cool new Wordpress plugin that helps you to make smart collection of posts."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, WPML.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,221 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-10-04 20+ → 10+ down after 1029 days in tier
- 2019-12-10 30+ → 20+ down
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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PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A - T Taxonomy Checklist Tree 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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Search & Filter 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Media Library Categories 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Taxonomy Images 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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