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AppearanceTools

by James Roberts · Blocks

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This plugin will activate every Block Editor setting available in WordPress.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 6/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 67 average across 1,683 Blocks plugins

20+

Active installs

≈27 estimated

1.3K

Total downloads

since 2023

3.60★

Rating (adjusted)

0.0★ raw · 0 reviews

+39%

39

Downloads · 30d

category median +14%

Removal-risk signals

45/100

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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.

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.

51 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 13/100
WP compatibility 53/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1254 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2023-03-27 · 1,253 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+39% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

39

now · peak 76

3930d downloads · Aug 26

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

AppearanceTools · #25419 you Blocks CSS: CSS Edit · #3244 Query Loop Load More · #7751 Block Designer · #13624

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.9Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

3.4y ago

latest release · v1.0.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.0 · 3.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈27

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

Install history · since 2023-03-26 · 1,208 observations

20Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 0 reviews

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Details

Version
1.0.0
Last updated
3.4y ago
Added
2023-03-26 · 3 yrs old
Requires WP
6.1
Tested up to
6.2.11
Requires PHP
7.0
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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-26 30+ → 20+ down after 408 days in tier
  2. 2025-05-14 40+ → 30+ down after 38 days in tier
  3. 2025-04-06 30+ → 40+ up after 161 days in tier
  4. 2024-10-27 40+ → 30+ down after 70 days in tier
  5. 2024-08-18 30+ → 40+ up after 138 days in tier
  6. 2024-04-02 20+ → 30+ up after 51 days in tier
  7. 2024-02-11 10+ → 20+ up after 238 days in tier
  8. 2023-06-18 — → 10+ up

Competes with

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