ImpactPubs
Search PubMed and display publication information on your blog or website. Note: Plugin previously also accessed OCRID and ImpactStory.
Consider an alternative
ImpactPubs shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (100+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & supportDaily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where ImpactPubs stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| academia | #8 |
| citation | >100 |
| cv | >100 |
| publications | >100 |
| science | #98 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About ImpactPubs
From the official readme · v3.3.1Description
This is a WordPress plugin to automatically display a publication profile on a website.
Results can be pulled from PubMed and will be automatically updated daily.
One profile can be created per blog user.
[publications]
If your site has multiple users, each user can create their own publications list on the dashboard. The
shortcode is then changed into:
[publications name=login_name]
To retrieve results from PubMed:
Because PubMed does not use unique identifiers for a authors,
you must come up with a way to search for yourself that distinguishes
you from other people in the database.
For example:
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“mcclintock”
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“mcclintock B”
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“mcclintock B AND Cold Spring Harbor[affiliation]”
Installation
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Download the Plugin and activate it.
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Go to PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/) and find a unique string search string to identify
the papers you would like to display. -
Enter the search string on the plugin page or on your user profile page in WordPress.
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Wherever you’d like the publications list to appear, type [publications name=loginname], where loginname is your WordPress login name.
Changelog
1.0
- Initial release
= 2.0=
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Added ORCiD search functionality
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Added multi-user functionality
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Added weekly automatic updates
2.1
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orcid id’s are now validated if they include letters, numbers, or dashes
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Up to 1000 records can now be retrieved from PubMed (this should be large enough to include anyone, but not so large so as to invite a near-infinite loop if an inappropriate search is done.
2.2
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simplified author formatting function
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added css and js to adjust the line height to fix a spacing issue with very small fonts
2.3
- changed ORCiD retrieval to now retrieve from feed.labs.orcid-eu.org. As this service is also an ongoing project this may require some tweaks in the future.
2.4
- changed remote requests to utilize WordPress HTTP API to support a wider variety of hosting sites
2.5
- fixed automatic updates, changed to daily cron
Screenshots
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Best ImpactPubs alternatives
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| 1 |
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| 3 |
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FAQ
ImpactPubs: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 29, 2026
Is ImpactPubs free?
Yes. ImpactPubs is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is ImpactPubs safe to use in 2026?
ImpactPubs shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 25/100 on our health check.
How many websites use ImpactPubs?
ImpactPubs is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,564 times since it launched in August 2013. It was downloaded 69 times in the last 30 days.
Does ImpactPubs work with WordPress 7.1?
ImpactPubs is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was ImpactPubs last updated?
The latest version, 3.3.1, was released on November 18, 2017 (9 years ago).
Who makes ImpactPubs?
ImpactPubs is developed and maintained by CAYdenberg.
What are the best alternatives to ImpactPubs?
The most popular alternatives to ImpactPubs are Academic Blogger's Toolkit (300+ installs) and Scholar Metrics Panels (<10 installs).
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