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Auto Anchor List

by mindwiremedia · Uncategorized

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Creates anchor links to heading tags in the content and displays automatically at the top of the content, or allows for custom placement with tags.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,379 Uncategorized plugins

40+

Active installs

≈47 estimated

5.5K

Total downloads

since 2009

3.99★

Rating (adjusted)

4.5★ raw · 2 reviews

+20%

72

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

Removal-risk signals

51/100

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.
  • No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.

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 0/100
WP compatibility 32/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 6205 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+20% vs prior 30d
5Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

72

now · peak 151

7230d downloads · Sep 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 List · #21133 you Add Anchor Links · #6325 Root Relative URLs · #2916 Content Widget · #9779

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.

1.8Kper 1k installs · Sep 26

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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
40–50 ≈47

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2021-05-15 · 1,384 observations

40Installs · Sep 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 · 2 reviews

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5★
1 4★
1 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
17.0y ago
Added
2009-09-04 · 16 yrs old
Requires WP
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Tested up to
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Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Jonathan Camp
    8.1y ago

    This works with heading levels. Have some issues: * If you add attributes to headings the heading is missed from the table of contents * There are many errors on the admin page that show that could easily be fixed by the author * Styling is flexible – but you have to add your own css rather than have the styling in the admin of the plugin which would be useful * There are no options to position the TOC. It comes out where the shortcode is added. This is a plus and minus. I like it but I would think for those less able to style pages it would be an issue. Overall I like the plugin and it does what it says. If the author could get rid of the pesky errors that are displayed in the admin interface it would get a 5* review from me.

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  2. ★★★★★ Jon Dennis
    13.0y ago

    Great little plugin, worked first time on a brand new responsive Woo Theme with WordPress 3.6. No problems yet …

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

✓ 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. 2026-09-01 50+ → 40+ down after 25 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-07 40+ → 50+ up after 56 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-12 50+ → 40+ down after 379 days in tier
  4. 2025-05-29 60+ → 50+ down after 148 days in tier
  5. 2025-01-01 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2024-12-31 60+ → 50+ down after 8 days in tier
  7. 2024-12-23 50+ → 60+ up after 11 days in tier
  8. 2024-12-12 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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Auto Anchor List: 40+ active installs, 4.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/auto-anchor-links