And The Winner Is…
by spencersokol · Uncategorized
Manage your product giveaways by marking posts as "contests" and selecting a random comment from a contest post as the winner.
41 health vs 56 average across 11,383 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5485 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
32
now · peak 84
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.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-18 60+ → 50+ down after 435 days in band
- 2025-02-07 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-02-04 60+ → 70+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-01-30 70+ → 60+ down after 18 days in band
- 2025-01-12 60+ → 70+ up after 44 days in band
- 2024-11-29 70+ → 60+ down after 100 days in band
- 2024-08-21 80+ → 70+ down after 174 days in band
- 2024-02-29 90+ → 80+ down after 74 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- P Pick Giveaway Winner 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
- M Meetup Winner! 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Raffle Play Woocommerce 800+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Giveaways – Grow your business, email lists and traffic with contests 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Photo Contest | Competition | Video Contest 300+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
SweepWidget – Contests, Giveaways, Sweepstakes & Photo Contests 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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