Canonical Attachments

by hivedigital · Uncategorized

Get more information from analytics and higher rankings by utilizing canonical http headers in htaccess for non image media attachments like pdfs.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews⚠ Open vulnerability

Health

C 64/100

Stale · Few reviews · Open vulnerability

Active installs

300+

≈350 estimated

Momentum

+17%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “pdf” for “listening”. “pdf” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “listening” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

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How scoring works →

64 Health · C

Maintenance 54/100

Rating quality 71/100

Support 70/100

Security 65/100

64 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins

300+

Active installs

≈350 estimated

Total downloads

since 2017 · 3.7% still active

3.9/5

Rating

3.7 on wp.org · 3 reviews

+17%

158

Downloads · 30d

category median +8%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

3.7%

of downloads still active

At least 300 of 8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

Ratings · 3 reviews

Details

Version: 1.8
Last updated: 1.2y ago
Added: 2017-01-19 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP: 4.5.1
Tested up to: 6.8.12
Requires PHP: —

Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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.

78 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 62/100

Updated 432 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 53/100

3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 432 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Search visibility

How it's tracked →

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

Momentum

Losing ground

-0.8

Velocity

places per keyword, 28d

11%

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 28d

-0.3

Acceleration

recent half vs earlier

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

Keyword	wp.org	On merit	wp.org move, 90 days
canonicalize your tag	#1	#3	—
canonical your tag	#5	#18	0
attachments your tag	#20	#24	down 4
listening	#22	#22	0
canonical tags your tag	Not checked yet
pdf your tag	Not in the top 24

10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

Swap “pdf” for “listening”. “pdf” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “listening” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+17% vs prior 30d

730 Oct 2026

80400

730 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 258 · peaks are release surges

15831 Oct 2026

3001500

15831 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.731 Oct 2026

52.50

3.731 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

6431 Oct 2026

756045

6431 Oct 2026

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

52731 Oct 2026

6003000

52731 Oct 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year

from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

releases in the last 12 months

1.2y ago

latest release · v1.8 · 25 Aug 2025

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.8 · 25 Aug 20251.6 · 30 Dec 20201.7 · 30 Dec 20201.5 · 6 Dec 20171.4 · 12 Jun 20171.3 · 2 Jun 20171.1 · 25 Jan 20171.2 · 25 Jan 20170.5 · 25 Jan 20171.0 · 25 Jan 2017

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 71% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.8 71%

v1.7 26%

v1.5 3.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

300–400 ≈350

Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 21 Jul 2019

30031 Oct 2026

1K5000

30031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ Dan Knauss
4mo ago

The WordPress Canonical Attachments plugin up to version 1.8 has a known Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-32543 and first published 2025-04-09. Because the plugin fails to sanitize user inputs, unauthenticated attackers could inject malicious scripts. As of mid-2026, no official patch is available.
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ chidoti
8.2y ago

Great and unique plugin for those who are into SEO. Special thanks for the support from the developer.
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ Jake Bohall
9.7y ago

The plugin is easy to install and the admin interface makes it super simple to quickly add the canonical tag to pdf files. As one of the developers of the plugin, I am biased, but … I can honestly say that it accomplishes everything that I need.
Read on wp.org ↗

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.8). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.

Open High · 7.2 Canonical Attachments <= 1.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗

2025-04-09 CVE-2025-32543 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.7 No patch available

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2

✓ Low memory footprint

✓ Low page-speed impact

✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP

✕ No PHP errors

✓ No JS errors

✓ Activates cleanly

✓ No resource errors

✓ No external HTTP errors

✓ Optimized database use

✕ Frequently updated

AI assistants

How it's measured →

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
✓ Names what it works with Mentions Google Analytics.
! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
✓ Enough to quote 2,327 characters of description.
✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "canonicalize" does not.

Growth timeline

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

2025-11-03 400+ → 300+ down after 19 days in tier
2025-10-15 500+ → 400+ down after 251 days in tier
2025-02-06 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
2025-02-04 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
2025-02-02 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
2025-02-01 500+ → 600+ up after 5 days in tier
2025-01-27 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
2025-01-25 500+ → 600+ up after 3 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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Canonical Attachments: 300+ active installs, 3.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/canonical-attachments

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