Better Links
by nickohrn · Admin & Utilities
Easily create, manage and insert shortened Better Links that originate from your WordPress domain. Forget link shortening services - use Better Links.
40 health vs 55 average across 1,940 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4357 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
127
now · peak 158
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 “200+”. 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
- 2024-11-12 300+ → 200+ down after 443 days in band
- 2023-08-27 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-08-26 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-08-25 400+ → 300+ down after 12 days in band
- 2023-08-13 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-08-10 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in band
- 2023-08-07 300+ → 400+ up after 6 days in band
- 2023-08-01 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
Competes with
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/better-links" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Better Links — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Better Links: 200+ active installs, 2.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/better-links