Bitly URL Generator
by micahwave · Uncategorized
Automatically creates a bit.ly url for each of your posts when they get published.
45 health vs 56 average across 11,755 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4958 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
50
now · peak 132
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 “10+”. 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
- 2023-11-22 20+ → 10+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2023-11-17 10+ → 20+ up after 181 days in tier
- 2023-05-20 20+ → 10+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2023-03-30 10+ → 20+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2023-03-16 20+ → 10+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2023-03-01 10+ → 20+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2023-02-15 20+ → 10+ down after 38 days in tier
- 2023-01-08 10+ → 20+ up after 1 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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Bitly's WordPress Plugin 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B - U URL Shortener 90+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Bitly URL Shortener 600+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
short.io 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - S Shorter Links 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
- G Get Shortlinks 90+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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