Categories Autolink
by runen · Uncategorized
Categories Autolink automatically turns category names in posts and pages in links to the corresponding categories URLs. Keeps the original words case …
42 health vs 57 average across 9,507 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 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.1, 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 6250 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
42
now · peak 161
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2024-09-19 20+ → 10+ down after 201 days in band
- 2024-03-02 10+ → 20+ up after 28 days in band
- 2024-02-03 20+ → 10+ down after 78 days in band
- 2023-11-17 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-11-16 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-11-14 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-11-13 20+ → 10+ down after 6 days in band
- 2023-11-07 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Category Posts Widget 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor) 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Media Library Categories 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A - A Autologin Links 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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