Better Adjacent Post Links
by unalignedcoder · Uncategorized
Adds two enhanced commands to replace wordpress 'previous post' and 'next post' functions. Works with Wordpress 2.8+.
41 health vs 55 average across 13,427 Uncategorized 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4, 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 6155 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
30
now · peak 74
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 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-15 80+ → 70+ down after 176 days in tier
- 2025-11-20 90+ → 80+ down after 142 days in tier
- 2025-07-01 100+ → 90+ down after 204 days in tier
- 2024-12-09 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-08 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-07 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-06 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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- P Public Post Preview Configurator 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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No External Links 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - A Admin Collapse Subpages 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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SEO Auto Linker 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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