Better WP ShowHide Elements
by L1fescape · Uncategorized
Show or hide content with a mouse click.
45 health vs 56 average across 10,953 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, 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 4244 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
57
now · peak 160
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 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-10-22 200+ → 100+ down after 10 days in band
- 2024-10-12 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-10-10 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-10-08 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-10-06 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-10-05 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-10-02 200+ → 100+ down after 716 days in band
- 2022-10-17 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- W WP ShowHide Elements 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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Hide Posts 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hide Featured Image 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP-ShowHide 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
AH Display Widgets 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Hide Show Featured Image 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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