Archivist
by Ben Huson · Uncategorized
Gives you a few extra function for the archives widget including limiting the amount of archives to show and wether you want to display yearly, monthl …
45 health vs 61 average across 5,724 Uncategorized 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.17.
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 2042 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
27
now · peak 75
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,368 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-27 30+ → 20+ down after 117 days in band
- 2025-01-30 20+ → 30+ up after 65 days in band
- 2024-11-26 30+ → 20+ down after 283 days in band
- 2024-02-17 40+ → 30+ down after 234 days in band
- 2023-06-28 50+ → 40+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Category Archives Block 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - D Disable Author Archives 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B
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Simple Yearly Archive 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A - A Advanced Posts/Page 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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Collapsing Archives 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Sitekit 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/archivist" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Archivist — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Archivist: 20+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/archivist