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AddFunc Backgrounds

by Joe Rhoney · Uncategorized

Create backgrounds as a content type. Select your backgrounds for any page. Many options and multiple layers available with only a few clicks.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 57 average across 8,985 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 5.0.25, 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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 11/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2775 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+4% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

168

now · peak 173

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

AddFunc Backgrounds · #19382 Gosign · #6038 Supaz Easy Backgroun · #17368

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “60+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
60–70 ≈67

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 267 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Details

Version
0.10
Last updated
7.6y ago
Added
2018-11-29 · 7 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
5.0.25
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-02-10 50+ → 60+ up after 111 days in band
  2. 2025-10-22 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
  3. 2025-10-21 50+ → 60+ up after 9 days in band
  4. 2025-10-12 60+ → 50+ down after 18 days in band
  5. 2025-09-24 50+ → 60+ up after 14 days in band
  6. 2025-09-10 60+ → 50+ down after 17 days in band
  7. 2025-08-24 70+ → 60+ down after 49 days in band
  8. 2025-07-06 50+ → 70+ up after 46 days in band

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AddFunc Backgrounds: 60+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/addfunc-backgrounds