Back and Forward Button
by Dear · Uncategorized
Also makes 15 other plugins · 1.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add ◄ and ► button anywhere in website matching theme color and style. Check the Live Preview first, then Install.
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈200 estimated
Momentum
+48%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “browsing”, “navigation” and “pagination” for “adsense alternative”, “back” and “newspaper”. “browsing” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “adsense alternative” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “navigation” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “back” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “pagination” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “newspaper” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
79 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.2%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 9.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 159 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
3.8★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
53
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
56%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| forward | #2 | #11 | up 1 |
| paginate your tag | #5 | #10 | up 2 |
| paging your tag | #14 | #17 | down 1 |
| adsense alternative | #12 | #16 | 0 |
| back button | #9 | #18 | up 2 |
| back to top button | #19 | #19 | up 3 |
| newspaper | #24 | #20 | down 1 |
| post paging | #17 | #18 | up 1 |
| browsing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| navigation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pagination your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
21 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 13 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “browsing”, “navigation” and “pagination” for “adsense alternative”, “back” and “newspaper”. “browsing” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “adsense alternative” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “navigation” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “back” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “pagination” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “newspaper” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “paging”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 273 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v2.0 · 25 May 2026
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 72% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 days ago and the previous band took 24 months to cross, so the real count is still just over 200.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 305 days.
Install history since 22 Oct 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ vladimir3.1y ago
Fatal error after install. Cant activate the plugin. This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by vladimir.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MIL4.3y ago
Thank you, a very convenient and necessary plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ikihinojosa5.3y ago
Same as your Bread Crumb based on URL plugin… this one is amazing… I was having hard time to go back to previous pages on the buddy press and bbpress plugins, but this solve the problems in a very nice and easy way… the main problem was by using the PWA app, which they dont allow to show the brouser back and forth buttons so Thanks a lot!!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ELR30009.7y ago
it works just like browser back buttons
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add ◄ and ► button anywhere in website matching theme color and style. Check the Live Preview first, then I..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("use this", "whether you are").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,249 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Paginate", "pagination", "paging" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-20 100+ → 200+ up after 727 days in tier
- 2024-10-23 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-22 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-21 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-10-17 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-16 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-10-13 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-12 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
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).
- W WP-SEO-Paginate 80+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags D
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WP-PageNavi 400K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP-Paginate 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A - W WP PageNavi Style 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
- T TW Pagination 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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WP-CommentNavi 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A
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