Buy This Book
by Claire Ryan · Uncategorized
[No longer under development! See the Author Showcase plugin for similar, extended functionality.] Buy This Book allows authors to display their books …
45 health vs 55 average across 13,373 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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 3664 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 86
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-28 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-06-22 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-20 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-19 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-18 90+ → 80+ down after 139 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in tier
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/buy-this-book" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Buy This Book — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Buy This Book: 80+ active installs, 4.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/buy-this-book