Expand SEO
by ThemeXpand · SEO
Maximize and Perfect On-Page SEO. Its like Having an SEO Expert Optimizing Every Page in Your Site.
45 health vs 62 average across 810 SEO 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 7+ 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 2610 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
55
now · peak 165
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-02-04 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-02-02 100+ → 200+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2024-01-03 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-01-02 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2023-12-30 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-29 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-12-27 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-12-26 100+ → 200+ up after 2 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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Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ installs · 4.8★ A -
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ installs · 4.8★ A -
XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ installs · 4.8★ B -
SiteSEO – SEO Simplified 500K+ installs · 3.9★ B -
SureRank SEO – Smart Assistant with Meta Tags, Social Preview, XML Sitemap, and Schema 300K+ installs · 4.5★ A -
SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ installs · 4.8★ A
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