Better Business Hours
by NSquared · Admin & Utilities
Easily set and display your business hours. A shortcode and widget are included so you can put it anywhere on your site.
45 health vs 54 average across 2,526 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.12.
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 1494 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
27
now · peak 109
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 “70+”. 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-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-28 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-24 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-23 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-22 70+ → 60+ down after 5 days in band
- 2026-05-17 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-16 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-15 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-14 70+ → 60+ down after 1 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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WP Open Hour Widget 20+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Business Hours Indicator 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
We’re Open! 5K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Orivo Business Hours Block 90+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Crontrol Hours 60+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag C - P Plugin Name: WP Business Hours 50+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D
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