Automatic Updates
by thapa.laxman · Uncategorized
Automatic Updates allows admin to manage the automatic updates of the core wordpress and the plugins. The plugins also disables core update email noti …
41 health vs 66 average across 3,756 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, 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 2489 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
25
now · peak 62
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-28 20+ → 10+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-08-22 10+ → 20+ up after 22 days in band
- 2025-07-31 20+ → 10+ down after 25 days in band
- 2025-07-06 10+ → 20+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-07-01 20+ → 10+ down after 25 days in band
- 2025-06-06 10+ → 20+ up after 41 days in band
- 2025-04-26 20+ → 10+ down after 15 days in band
- 2025-04-11 10+ → 20+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Disable Updates – Updates Manager, Disable Automatic Updates, Disable All Updates 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A - W WP Auto Updater 7K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
- U Update Control 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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WP Disable Automatic Updates 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
WP Automatic Updates 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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