Also In This Series
by Jon Weatherhead · SEO
Group related posts in a post series and automatically list all of the posts in the series as part of the content.
47 health vs 67 average across 374 SEO 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.0.
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 1630 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
26
now · peak 88
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.
At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 133 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
- 2026-05-17 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-15 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-14 40+ → 50+ up after 272 days in band
- 2025-08-15 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-08-11 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-10 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-08-08 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-08-06 50+ → 40+ down after 2 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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YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags C -
Internal Link Juicer: SEO Auto Linker for WordPress 90K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Contextual Related Posts 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Related Posts by Taxonomy 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - B Bulk Post Update Date 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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Internal Links Manager 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/also-in-this-series" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Also In This Series — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Also In This Series: 50+ active installs, 5.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/also-in-this-series