Books CPT
by DannyCooper · Uncategorized
A WordPress Custom Post Type for books. Supports Genre and Series.
57 health vs 58 average across 7,620 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 533 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 2024-09-26 · 659 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
37
now · peak 115
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2025-01-31 · 529 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-25 50+ → 40+ down after 118 days in band
- 2025-12-28 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-26 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in band
- 2025-12-21 60+ → 50+ down after 323 days in band
- 2025-02-01 40+ → 60+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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