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Auto Anchor

by benediktbergmann · Uncategorized

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Auto Anchor is a WordPress plugin. It adds an HTML anchor to every Header-tag (h2-h6) and shows a small chain icon on the side when one is hovering ov …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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43 Health · D
Maintenance 8/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

20+

Active installs

≈27 estimated

2.3K

Total downloads

since 2020

3.60★

Rating (adjusted)

0.0★ raw · 0 reviews

-18%

32

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

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.

43 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 17/100
WP compatibility 60/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 84/100
Support resolution 0/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1104 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-18% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

32

now · peak 90

3230d 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

Auto Anchor · #24728 you Headers Security Adv · #469 WP Hide & Security E · #740 Companion Auto Updat · #804

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.

1.6Kper 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

3.0y ago

latest release · v1.2.5

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.5 · 3.0y ago1.2.4 · 3.5y ago1.2.3 · 4.6y ago1.1.3 · 4.7y ago1.1.0 · 5.1y ago1.1.2 · 5.1y ago1.1.1 · 5.5y ago1.0.0 · 5.7y 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.

v1.2 100%

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 2022-10-04 · 1,382 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. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Ratings · 0 reviews

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Details

Version
1.2.5
Last updated
3.0y ago
Added
2020-10-05 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
5.4
Tested up to
6.3.10
Requires PHP
5.6
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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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Dutch (Belgium) 100%
French (France) 100%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-12 30+ → 20+ down after 13 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-29 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-25 30+ → 20+ down after 11 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-14 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-11 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-10 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-06-09 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in tier
  8. 2026-06-04 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in tier

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