badAd
by Jesse Steele · Uncategorized
The official plugin from badAd.one, this can help monetize your WordPress site by embedding badAd advertisements with shortcodes.
44 health vs 55 average across 13,461 Uncategorized plugins
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.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1062 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
51
now · peak 152
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
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Quads Ads Manager for Google AdSense 20K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
HBAgency 9K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
Monetag Official Plugin 5K+ installs · 3.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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