WYSIWYG Editing
by Matt Mullenweg · Uncategorized
Also makes 13 other plugins · 602.0K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin activates WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editing for different fields in WordPress. It is based on the widgEditor.
42 health vs 56 average across 16,379 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 21+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 7830 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
75
now · peak 216
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
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.
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 “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-15 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-07-11 70+ → 80+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-06-30 80+ → 70+ down after 110 days in tier
- 2026-03-12 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-03-09 80+ → 90+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-04 90+ → 80+ down after 92 days in tier
- 2025-12-02 100+ → 90+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-11-25 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wysiwyg" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WYSIWYG Editing — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WYSIWYG Editing: 70+ active installs, 1.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wysiwyg