Carto: Maps for WordPress
by Andrea Gandino · Blocks
Carto makes creating beautiful maps in WordPress and easy and quick task that not only gets the job done, but also does it in style!
41 health vs 70 average across 887 Blocks plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.18.
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 2142 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
21
now · peak 60
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-07-10 10+ → 20+ up after 55 days in band
- 2026-05-16 20+ → 10+ down after 96 days in band
- 2026-02-09 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-02-05 20+ → 10+ down after 953 days in band
- 2023-06-28 30+ → 20+ down
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