A Year Before
by Ralf · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 1 other plugin · 30+ installs across the portfolio →
"A Year Before" shows a list of articles, which were written a certain time ago. So you can show in a history, what happend in your blog in …
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈40 estimated
Momentum
-16%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “date”, “history” and “posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 56 average across 5,902 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 18.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,192 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 5 reviews to 2019-05-20Reviewers say it does the job and the 1.0.3 tweaks landed well, though a couple flag old PHP code and missing options like hiding the year or repeated dates.
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2724 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.2.30; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2724 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| date your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| history your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| time your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “date”, “history” and “posts” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 187 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
7.5y ago
latest release · v1.0.3 · 19 May 2019
15
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 40.
Install history since 12 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ HDS home7.5y ago
Danke für die Anpassungen und Optimierungen mit der Version 1.0.3 – genau das habe ich gebraucht!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sonofbruce9.0y ago
Works like a charm. My daily microblog would be so much less interesting without it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zuHause9.3y ago
I like the plugin: does what I need it to do. Nevertheless my website needs an update, PHP 5.3 is more or less an ‘ancient custom’… @@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ function ayb_posts($ayb_para = ”) { $ayb_parameter = explode(‘&’, $ayb_para); foreach ($ayb_parameter as $ayb_temp) { – $b = preg_split(‘=’, $ayb_temp); + $b = split(‘=’, $ayb_temp); $instance[$b[0]] = $b[1]; }//$ayb_parameter as $ayb_temp $widget_arr = array();
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mrmeeeseeks10.3y ago
Das Plugin ist relativ leicht installierbar, gut anpassbar (aber auch nur wenn man die Anleitung auf der Webseite des Autors anguckt) und funktioniert auch. Leider kann man die Jahreszahlen nicht ausstellen (weder über PHP, noch über Widget). Sehr häufig wird das Datum eines Ereignisses mehrmals aufgelistet.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SB11.5y ago
Header says it all.
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
4 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 ""A Year Before" shows a list of articles, which were written a certain time ago. So you can show in a histo..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,891 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-26 40+ → 30+ down after 203 days in tier
- 2026-04-06 50+ → 40+ down after 128 days in tier
- 2025-11-29 60+ → 50+ down after 135 days in tier
- 2025-07-17 70+ → 60+ down after 124 days in tier
- 2025-03-15 80+ → 70+ down after 251 days in tier
- 2024-07-07 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-04 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-03 90+ → 80+ down after 2 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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Bulk Datetime Change 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A - W WP Meta and Date Remover 80K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
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Reading Time WP 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - B Bulk Post Update Date 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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WP Date and Time Shortcode 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Meks Time Ago 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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