Advanced Custom CSS
by prasadkirpekar · Uncategorized
Add Custom CSS to your WordPress site. Easy and Flexible.
45 health vs 65 average across 4,031 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.19.
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 2232 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
83
now · peak 183
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
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-20 60+ → 50+ down after 23 days in band
- 2025-12-28 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-26 60+ → 50+ down after 250 days in band
- 2025-04-20 70+ → 60+ down after 226 days in band
- 2024-09-06 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-09-05 70+ → 80+ up after 7 days in band
- 2024-08-29 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-08-28 70+ → 80+ up after 17 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Simple Custom CSS Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
Custom CSS Pro 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Simple CSS 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Add Custom CSS 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B - S Scripts n Styles 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- C Custom Body Class 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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