Backlink Checker
by sunnyverma1984 · Search
Get the list of backlinks pointing to your blog
41 health vs 60 average across 441 Search 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 2528 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
125
now · peak 63.8K
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-04 40+ → 30+ down after 33 days in tier
- 2025-12-02 50+ → 40+ down after 111 days in tier
- 2025-08-13 40+ → 50+ up after 204 days in tier
- 2025-01-21 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-01-17 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-01-15 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-14 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-01-10 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP All Import – Import SEO Settings for Rank Math SEO 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP All Import – Import SEO Settings for All In One SEO 900+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B - M MetaTag 600+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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