BE REST Endpoints
by Edwin Cromley · Admin & Utilities
Major features in BE REST Endpoints include:
41 health vs 54 average across 2,256 Admin & Utilities 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3813 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
59
now · peak 140
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 1517 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-02 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-01-29 20+ → 10+ down after 439 days in band
- 2024-11-16 30+ → 20+ down after 49 days in band
- 2024-09-28 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-09-26 30+ → 20+ down after 315 days in band
- 2023-11-16 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-11-13 30+ → 20+ down after 138 days in band
- 2023-06-28 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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More Widgets 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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