Airplane Mode
by Andrew Norcross · Uncategorized
Control loading of external files when developing locally
45 health vs 57 average across 9,275 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2436 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
320
now · peak 479
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 118 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 60+ → 70+ up after 49 days in band
- 2026-05-22 50+ → 60+ up after 24 days in band
- 2026-04-28 60+ → 50+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-04-19 50+ → 60+ up after 106 days in band
- 2026-01-03 40+ → 50+ up after 46 days in band
- 2025-11-18 50+ → 40+ down after 47 days in band
- 2025-10-02 40+ → 50+ up after 11 days in band
- 2025-09-21 50+ → 40+ down after 83 days in band
Competes with
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