AH Code Highlighter
by Andreas Hecht · Uncategorized
The easiest to use code highlighting ever. Choose between 8 different color themes to highlight your code snippets. Many programming languages are sup …
45 health vs 58 average across 8,551 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 5.0.0, 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 2881 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
41
now · peak 86
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-11 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-09 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-08 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-06 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-04 70+ → 60+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-29 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-27 70+ → 60+ down after 221 days in band
- 2025-10-18 80+ → 70+ down after 3 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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Code Block Syntax Highlighter for Elementor 600+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - W WP-Markdown 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- G Gist GitHub Shortcode 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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