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Bright Link Previews

by ginoplusio · Uncategorized

This plugin adds a neat previews of links when the user pass hover the links, analyzes links and track user's behaviour on the links of your site …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
52 Health · D
Maintenance 18/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

52 health vs 56 average across 12,149 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

28/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.

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.

58 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 26/100
WP compatibility 68/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 879 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2023-09-18 · 1,033 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-47% vs prior 30d
Sep 23
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

39

now · peak 216

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

Bright Link Previews · #22705 Broken Link Checker · #119 LuckyWP Table of Con · #455 Export All URLs · #707

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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
30–40 ≈37

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2023-09-17 · 1,032 observations

Details

Version
1.84
Last updated
2.4y ago
Added
2023-09-17 · 2 yrs on WP
Requires WP
6.1
Tested up to
6.4.8
Requires PHP
7.0

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-10 40+ → 30+ down after 30 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-10 30+ → 40+ up after 9 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-01 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-27 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-23 40+ → 30+ down after 8 days in tier
  6. 2026-05-15 30+ → 40+ up after 6 days in tier
  7. 2026-05-09 40+ → 30+ down after 147 days in tier
  8. 2025-12-13 50+ → 40+ down after 7 days in tier

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Bright Link Previews: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bright-link-previews