Youngwhan's Simple Latex
by breadncup · Uncategorized
The usage is simple.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
-16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “math” and “equation” for “mathematics” and “tex”. “math” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mathematics” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “equation” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “tex” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
48 health vs 58 average across 25,762 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.8%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 11.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1064 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
To rank higher: Last updated 1064 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.
47
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
40%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.6
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mathjax your tag | #7 | #14 | up 1 |
| mathematic your tag | #7 | #8 | 0 |
| latex your tag | #11 | #16 | up 2 |
| mathematics | #13 | #9 | down 1 |
| equation your tag | #24 | #19 | — |
| tex | #16 | #16 | 0 |
| math your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “math” and “equation” for “mathematics” and “tex”. “math” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mathematics” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “equation” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “tex” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “latex”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 141 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
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
2.9y ago
latest release · v2.0.1 · 4 Dec 2023
23
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ NortaBirdo12.7y ago
All geniuos is simple
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ khouadri199412.8y ago
Hi i have a Sensei Woothemes wp plugin that create online courses, and the problem is that it doesn’t recognize the latex code to display the maths formulas so it should be modified(code should be integrated to its core files). can annyone help me figure out this thing i am willing to pay 100$ by paypal to the one who figure it out. this is my e-mail : [email protected] feel free to contact me Thanks,
Read on wp.org ↗
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 20 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("(La)Tex Syntax References").
- ! 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 2 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 339 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "equation", "mathematic" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-20 300+ → 200+ down after 333 days in tier
- 2024-11-21 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-11-19 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-11-16 200+ → 300+ up after 161 days in tier
- 2024-06-08 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-07 200+ → 100+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2024-05-30 100+ → 200+ up after 146 days in tier
- 2024-01-05 90+ → 100+ up after 8 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-KaTeX 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 4 shared tags D -
KaTeX 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
Direct math input with MathQuill 30+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D -
Glyphwell – Visual Equation Editor 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags - M MathJax-LaTeX 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
- W WP QuickLaTeX 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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