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AJAX Read More

by Sergey.S.Betke · Uncategorized

Automatically transform your <!--more--> links into links that immediately display the rest of your entry (AJAX).

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 60 average across 6,476 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, 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.

28 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 68/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5336 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-60% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

50

now · peak 2.1K

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

AJAX Read More · #19866 Nav Menu Item Duplic · #9088 WP Search Suggest · #9296 Ad Manager · #15703

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.

modeled estimate
50–60 ≈57

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations

Details

Version
2.1.1
Last updated
14.6y ago
Added
2011-09-13 · 14 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0.0
Tested up to
3.3.2
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-17 60+ → 50+ down after 157 days in band
  2. 2026-02-10 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
  3. 2026-02-07 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in band
  4. 2026-02-04 70+ → 60+ down after 192 days in band
  5. 2025-07-27 80+ → 70+ down after 108 days in band
  6. 2025-04-10 90+ → 80+ down after 33 days in band
  7. 2025-03-08 80+ → 90+ up after 15 days in band
  8. 2025-02-21 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in band

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AJAX Read More: 50+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/ajax-read-more