Background with Particle.js
by Maher Hossain · Media
Also makes 2 other plugins · 300+ installs across the portfolio →
Easy to use Particle JS Background. Create powerful Particle banner from dashboard, no need to create configuration file.
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
-6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “particle js slider” for “particle js”. “particle js slider” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #22. “particle js” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
49 health vs 62 average across 3,281 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 10.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,319 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 968 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 968 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| particlejs banner your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| particlejs slider your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| particle js background your tag | #16 | #19 | up 2 |
| particle banner your tag | #16 | #14 | down 1 |
| particle js | #18 | #21 | up 1 |
| particle js slider your tag | #22 | #21 | 0 |
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days.
What to do about it
- Swap “particle js slider” for “particle js”. “particle js slider” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #22. “particle js” sits at #18 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 “particle banner”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “particle js background”. #16 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 309 · 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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 80% 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 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Mahfuz3.3y ago
This is simply a great plugin, It solve my purpose without any complicated settings.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ superbokkie5.2y ago
The particle effect looked absolutely perfect in preview mode, I was so happy! But unfortunately the moment I published it and went to have a look at it live, disaster struck. All of the website’s elements were displaced, there was a huge white section at the top of the website, there was transparency on some of my rows where there wasn’t any before, and the footer was fixed to the screen, covering most of the website’s content. So strange because it looked perfect in preview. The moment I deactivated the plugin, everything went back to normal so unfortunately I can’t recommend this plugin ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lwegaba6.0y ago
I had huge challenges integrating particlesJS into wordpress. Scripts were failing to load then come across this plugin. oooooh everything changed. Owesome plugin. Thank you for making it free and upto date.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mrmasum6.1y ago
This is a wonderful plugin,user friendly and easy to use
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ careershub6.1y ago
Wow! Finally got a useful plugin for my website to set beautiful banners. Also wonderful support
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.3
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 24 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Easy to use Particle JS Background. Create powerful Particle banner from dashboard, no need to create confi..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 641 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Particle js slider", "ParticleJS Banner", "ParticleJS Slider" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-14 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-13 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-12 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-10 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-08 300+ → 200+ down after 481 days in tier
- 2024-12-13 200+ → 300+ up after 505 days in tier
- 2023-07-27 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-26 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
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