Overcast & Seriously Simple Podcasting
by Jake Spurlock · Uncategorized
If you wanted to add support for Overcast payments to your podcast RSS feed this is the plugin that will do it.
41 health vs 56 average across 15,868 Uncategorized plugins
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 4.9.29, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2880 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
46
now · peak 66
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
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
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Seriously Simple Podcasting 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
AudioIgniter Music Player 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Podcast Subscribe Buttons 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B
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