Active Plugins
by Kailey (trepmal) · Uncategorized
Also makes 16 other plugins · 2.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Generates a list of plugins that are currently in use
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
-23%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “plugins” and “utility” 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.
44 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 4.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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.
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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 3 reviews to 2016-01-16Reviewers call it a handy way to spot active plugins across a multisite, though one wanted it to cover multiple networks and another had to check compatibility before activating.
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 3706 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.6.30; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3706 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mutlisite your tag | #6 | #8 | — |
| plugins your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| utility your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “plugins” and “utility” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 76 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.
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
10.2y ago
latest release · v1.7 · 9 Sep 2016
6
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous User 765801410.8y ago
So I had this plugin installed in my multisite, but had it deactivated. (Obviously, you don’t need a tool like this active all the time.) Today I wanted to check on a couple of plugins whether they were still active anywhere in my multisite, so I remembered Active Plugins. Cautiously checked the plugin details first and saw the warning about tested only up to WordPress 3.whatever. So I tested activation on my staging site first, no problems in debug mode. Then I activated it on my production site, and it delivered just as always. I understand and appreciate the author’s warning in the description regarding tested compatibility, but I’m happy to share for me this precious little helper still works like a charm in a productive WordPress 4.4.1 multisite environment. Quality code always wins. Chapeau @trepmal! 🎩
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ timhysniu12.6y ago
If you have multiple networks and want to find out plugins used for all networks, you have no way to do this. You can only find out the plugin use for the network you are currently on. Could use more work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ryan Hellyer13.5y ago
This is an incredibly handy little plugin. I use it regularly to weed out plugins from a reasonably large multisite network I maintain. With lots of people committing code to and fro, adding and removing plugins, it becomes a bit of mess after a while and can be hard to work out which plugins are and are not needed anymore. The “Active plugins on multisite” plugin solves that problem quite nicely.
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Generates a list of plugins that are currently in use"
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 334 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 3 tags appear in the text ("mutlisite", "utility" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Softaculous 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
WP Fingerprint 9K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
Plugin Notes Plus 9K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/active-plugins-on-multisite" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Active Plugins — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Active Plugins: 10+ active installs, 4.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/active-plugins-on-multisite
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