Aviation Weather Briefing
by xf117a · Uncategorized
Display the most important Aviation Weather information such as METAR,TAF,Significant Weather and Upper Winds and Temperature.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈27 estimated
Momentum
0%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 0/100. Last updated 4293 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,769 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 2.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 7.1.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4293 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 7.1
4.5★ over 2 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4293 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 12d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 12d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| upper winds and temperature your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| significant weather your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| aviation weather your tag | #7 | #6 | 0 |
| taf your tag | #8 | #7 | 0 |
| metar your tag | #9 | #7 | down 1 |
| aviation | #13 | #10 | down 1 |
| noaa | #14 | #12 | 0 |
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days.
What to do about it
- Your five tags are all earning their place. Each gets you onto page 1 of its own search, so none is worth giving up. “noaa” (#14 untagged) would be the next worth testing if a slot frees up.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 73 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
11.8y ago
latest release · v1.0 · 31 Jan 2015
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 66% of the way through.
Install history since 16 May 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ 5K0RP1011.7y ago
Very simple to use, quick and easy but I would like to add some text before the retrieval dialogs, e.g. Some text [metar_taf] I have tried everything I know (new to wordpress I might add and no php experience) and the “Some text” is always displayed below the dialog. Not sure if it’s my theme. Anyway, great plugin nonetheless.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ heloflight11.7y ago
Quick easy retrieval of information and also easy to implement
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display the most important Aviation Weather information such as METAR,TAF,Significant Weather and Upper Win..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 481 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-01 30+ → 20+ down after 129 days in tier
- 2026-02-22 20+ → 30+ up after 57 days in tier
- 2025-12-27 30+ → 20+ down after 55 days in tier
- 2025-11-02 20+ → 30+ up after 328 days in tier
- 2024-12-09 30+ → 20+ down after 479 days in tier
- 2023-08-18 40+ → 30+ down after 21 days in tier
- 2023-07-28 30+ → 40+ up after 297 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 40+ → 30+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- A AviationWeather Plugin 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
-
taf-metar-widget 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - T TAF plugin 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
-
Leadovation Aerodrome METAR TAF — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Aviation Weather from NOAA 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D - M METAR plugin 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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