wp-tutorial-maker
WP Tutorial Maker allow you to select some categories in your site and makes them into tutorial categories.
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wp-tutorial-maker shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 11 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.3 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where wp-tutorial-maker stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| admin | >100 |
| category | >100 |
| enterprise ready | >100 |
| sorting | >100 |
| tutorial | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About wp-tutorial-maker
From the official readme · v1.5Description
WP Tutorial Maker allow you to select some categories in your site and makes them into tutorial categories.
- The category will be ordered by the creation date in ascending order.
- You can choose if each post in the category will have navigational to the next post and to the last post.
You can also choose the position of those links – before or after the content. - You can choose to add a link back to the category and choose the text of the link and a text that will appear next to
the link.
After activating WP Tutorial Maker, you can go to any category in your WordPress and designate it as ‘Tutorial Category’.
WP Tutorial maker has fully automated testing environment based on WordPress PHPUnit.
GitHub: https://github.com/barzik/wp-tutorial-maker
Automated testing
WP Tutorial maker can be tested by using PHPUnit with the official WordPress testing environment.
- Install WordPress develop and PHPUnit. You can follow these instructions
- define local variable WP_TESTS_DIR with the location of WordPress develop phpunit folder.
for example, putexport WP_TESTS_DIR="/var/www/html/wordpress-develop/tests/phpunit"in .bashrc (Linux) - Go to the plugin main folder and run
phpunit. - Tests coverage report is being printed in HTML page to ./log/CodeCoverage.
Translations
- English – default, always included
- Hebrew
Installation
Using The WordPress Dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
- Search for ‘wp-tutorial-maker’
- Click ‘Install Now’
- Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard
Uploading in WordPress Dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
- Select
wp-tutorial-maker.zipfrom your computer - Click ‘Install Now’
- Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
Using FTP
- Download
wp-tutorial-maker.zip - Extract the
wp-tutorial-makerdirectory to your computer - Upload the
wp-tutorial-makerdirectory to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
Changelog
High Importance security fix.
1.5
- Fixing security breaches in admin interface
- Adding a lot more automated tests
- Adding test coverage report
1.4
- Adding TravisCi support
1.3
- Fixed bad link back to tutorial category
- fixed i18n po-mo
- CSS improvements
1.2
- Major issue fix – Insert deactivate clearing function
1.1
- Major issue fix – Removing single_activate calls and change plugin description.
1.0
- Initial version
Upgrade Notice Section
Screenshots
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FAQ
wp-tutorial-maker: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 2, 2026
Is wp-tutorial-maker free?
Yes. wp-tutorial-maker is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is wp-tutorial-maker safe to use in 2026?
wp-tutorial-maker shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use wp-tutorial-maker?
wp-tutorial-maker is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 2,175 times since it launched in June 2014. It was downloaded 74 times in the last 30 days.
Does wp-tutorial-maker work with WordPress 7.1?
wp-tutorial-maker is officially tested up to WordPress 4.3.34, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was wp-tutorial-maker last updated?
The latest version, 1.5, was released on September 14, 2015 (11 years ago).
Who makes wp-tutorial-maker?
wp-tutorial-maker is developed and maintained by barzik.
What are the best alternatives to wp-tutorial-maker?
The most popular alternatives to wp-tutorial-maker are Loginizer (1M+ installs), Redux Framework (900K+ installs) and Admin Menu Editor (300K+ installs).
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