Writing On GitHub
by litefeel · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 50+ installs across the portfolio →
A WordPress plugin to allow you writing on GitHub (or Jekyll site).
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
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈16 estimated
Momentum
-16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “collaboration” for “jekyll”. “collaboration” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “jekyll” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,754 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 3.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.25.
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 2400 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.4.25; the current branch is 6.8
4.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2400 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| jekyll | #9 | #5 | 0 |
| collaboration your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| content your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| git your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| github your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| version control your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search 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
- Swap “collaboration” for “jekyll”. “collaboration” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “jekyll” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 179 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, 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 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
6.6y ago
latest release · v1.11 · 6 Apr 2020
16
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 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 58% of the way through.
Install history since 28 Mar 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ shanshanwang5.1y ago
It is really helpful. I already tried many ways to sync our website to GitHub, but due to the big size of backup files, failed many times. And some plugins cannot be used properly in our current version. The plugin ‘Writing On GitHub’ works for me. Thank you so much.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ paoloumali6.5y ago
Although it’s a Writing on Github plugin, I didn’t expect that one loses the edit function in WordPress. Plugins should be supplementary and not remove an existing functionality. A new post created in WordPress syncs to the Github repo but again, when one’s to edit the page, which is typical, one has to do edit Markdown now in Github? This may be usable in use cases where you need WordPress to start something but when is that the case. WordPress is a blogging tool not an init tool. My 2 cents. It syncs at the least. Edit: I initially gave this a 3 star because I was frustrated. I’m back and giving it now a 4. It’s for free and it works. Probably it’s simply there to supplement a Markdown repo to be used with Jekyll perhaps and not the other way around. This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by paoloumali.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ litefeel9.2y ago
Awesome plugin This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by litefeel.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A WordPress plugin to allow you writing on GitHub (or Jekyll site)."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Markdown Support").
- ! 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 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,140 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "collaboration", "version control" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-01 20+ → 10+ down after 23 days in tier
- 2026-05-09 10+ → 20+ up after 829 days in tier
- 2024-01-31 20+ → 10+ down after 309 days in tier
- 2023-03-28 30+ → 20+ down after 120 days in tier
- 2022-11-28 20+ → 30+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2022-11-15 30+ → 20+ down after 600 days in tier
- 2021-03-25 20+ → 30+ 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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Gitium 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Content Approval Workflow 70+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
One Click Demo Import 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B - A Advanced Excerpt 80K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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Rara One Click Demo Import 20K+ installs · 3.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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