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WP Subtitle
It provides the subtitle but you must build the stage.
HealthyGrowing
79/100
This tool is excellent for developers but requires manual coding to actually display subtitles.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.1★
21 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+237%
Growing fast
15 → 51 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +237% in the last year
15/day a year ago→51/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Subtitle is generally seen as a functional but developer-oriented plugin that delivers subtitle support, though users frequently note that it isn’t plug-and-play and can require theme tweaks and extra coding.
What people like
- +Provides flexible control over subtitle display and styling, including support for custom post types×2
- +Works as advertised and efficiently
- +Functions reliably across multiple client installations
- +Developer offers excellent support
- +Recommended by theme developers for inclusion in projects
Common complaints
- −Not plug-and-play; requires theme template modifications to display subtitles×2
- −Subtitle not shown in editor preview, forcing publication to verify
- −Fatal error on activation with WordPress 5.03 (since 5.03)
- −Does not work on WordPress 4.0; needs update (since 4.0)
- −API requires extra parameters and echoes output instead of returning, making usage cumbersome
- −Limited functionality; only outputs subtitle tag requiring manual styling, and documentation lacks guidance on placement
- −Unclear where to place the required script
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.30★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.10★
- 5%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
Not enough review history.
All-time ratings · 21 total
Latest reviews · 21 analyzed
- 2020-04-25★★★★★Not well integratedjzwolak1-shot
- 2020-04-09★★★★★I Wish I Could Give 10 StarsiSaumya
- 2019-06-14★★★★★Works well with WP-5.2 and PHP-7.1antonv
- 2019-01-24★★★★★Fatal error triggeredstephcthomp
- 2018-09-03★★★★★Developmentwellbeingtips
- 2018-03-27★★★★★Works as intended!surml
- 2017-07-22★★★★★Works great!bozdoz
- 2017-03-31★★★★★If you need a subtitle plugin, try this; it's excellentGary Bairead
- 2016-11-19★★★★★Very useful and well thought out plugin. Thank you!Torello
- 2016-11-07★★★★★Perfect! :-)hanbon
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
40
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
49
Prior 7-day baseline
37
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
118
Mean release-day peak (30d)
40
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-18.4%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
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Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
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Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
62%
5★ share in analyzed sample
5%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.14 → 4.30★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered