WriteShare Writing Community Platform
by AOS · Uncategorized
WriteShare will turn WordPress into a full featured writing community, not just a blogging community. Site members can post books with chapters.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
80+
≈88 estimated
Momentum
+5%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “books”, “chapters” and “education” 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.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 19.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,779 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31, well behind 7.1.
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 2864 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.0.31; the current branch is 7.1
4.8★ over 18 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.3★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2864 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fanfiction your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| books your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| chapters your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| education your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| writing platform your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “books”, “chapters” and “education” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 194 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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
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
7.8y ago
latest release · v1.1.18 · 31 Dec 2018
2
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 90.
Install history since 4 Mar 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Oleksandra4.4y ago
So this is it? Plugin has no updates, site is not working. I can pay, and I think a lot of people could pay to have this plugin. It`s simple and good working, it needs just a few features to add and it will be awesome. This topic was modified 4 years ago by Oleksandra.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hrithik9516.5y ago
works well, even if its supposed to be outdated This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by hrithik951.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ktrenal8.6y ago
I’m very impressed with this plugin. I’ve been wanting to use a WordPress blog to host my various creative writing projects for quite a while now, but was unsatisfied with vanilla WordPress for various reasons. WriteShare is the missing piece of the puzzle, and I’m really pleased with the results. It even works well with my favourite WordPress theme! I foresee myself using WriteShare for many projects, both current and future. Additionally, Jacky was very helpful and responsive when I had questions about the plugin and how to get it working as I wanted. Overall, very impressed with both the plugin and the support offered by its creator. Highly recommended for writing-focused sites!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Shaun Michael Samaroo8.6y ago
wow, loving the Writeshare plugin! hope it becomes popular!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ novelorbook8.7y ago
Great tool. very useful The best books writing website & novels writing software http://www.novelorbook.com
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ arcania19819.0y ago
I love the flexibility of this plugin for personal writing as well as community sites. They were very responsive and helpful when I couldn’t get the chapter dropdown to work and were able to confirm it was a conflict with the particular themes that I’d tried. I’m very happy and plan to use it for my writing. This topic was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by arcania1981.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Victorique De Misaka9.1y ago
It is a Great Plugin for Fandom! This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by Victorique De Misaka.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ aniruddhabpathak9.1y ago
Great plugin. Absolutely easy to use and the support team was helpful to me as well. Would surely be looking forward to further updates. This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by aniruddhabpathak.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 134 languages, 4 at 90% or more
Plus 110 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 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 "WriteShare will turn WordPress into a full featured writing community, not just a blogging community. Site..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 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 LearnDash, LifterLMS.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,307 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
- 2026-08-07 90+ → 80+ down after 130 days in tier
- 2026-03-30 80+ → 90+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-02-28 90+ → 80+ down after 188 days in tier
- 2025-08-24 100+ → 90+ down after 1055 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 200+ → 100+ down after 763 days in tier
- 2020-09-01 300+ → 200+ down after 1394 days in tier
- 2016-11-07 20+ → 300+ up
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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Classroom Library 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - C Chapterwright 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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FICTBASE 40+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B - C Commons In A Box 20+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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Learny LMS 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
CourseGlade LMS – Online Course & eLearning Platform 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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