BlackBox Debug Bar
by Greg Winiarski · Uncategorized
BlackBox is a plugin for plugin and theme developers. It collects and displays useful debug information (errors, executed queries, globals, profiler).
48 health vs 60 average across 6,055 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 4883 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
60
now · peak 169
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-24 80+ → 90+ up after 20 days in band
- 2026-06-04 90+ → 80+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-05-26 80+ → 90+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-05-21 90+ → 80+ down after 121 days in band
- 2026-01-20 80+ → 90+ up after 53 days in band
- 2025-11-28 90+ → 80+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-11-23 80+ → 90+ up after 167 days in band
- 2025-06-09 90+ → 80+ down after 5 days in band
Competes with
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Fatal Error Notify 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
Debug Log Manager Tool 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Safe Mode 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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