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Amazon Machine Tags

by Martin Kliehm · Uncategorized

The plugin checks for machine tags with ISBN or ASIN numbers, gets the product data from Amazon, and displays it in the sidebar or in a blog article.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 60 average across 6,210 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2, 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.

35 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 6014 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-64% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

29

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

Amazon Machine Tags · #37710 Post Duplicator · #219 WP Admin UI Customiz · #1068 Public Post Preview · #2013

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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations

Details

Version
3.0.2
Last updated
16.5y ago
Added
2007-11-27 · 18 yrs on WP
Requires WP
2.3
Tested up to
2.9.2
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-06-12 20+ → 10+ down after 25 days in band
  2. 2024-05-18 10+ → 20+ up after 56 days in band
  3. 2024-03-23 20+ → 10+ down after 17 days in band
  4. 2024-03-06 10+ → 20+ up after 54 days in band
  5. 2024-01-12 20+ → 10+ down after 318 days in band
  6. 2023-02-28 30+ → 20+ down

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Amazon Machine Tags: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/amazon-machine-tags