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Automatic Expiration for Categories

by brightvesseldev · Uncategorized

With this plugin you will be able to set an expiration date for certain categories assigned to posts and products.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
62 Health · C
Maintenance 43/100
Rating quality 79/100
Support 70/100

62 health vs 62 average across 4,920 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

30/100

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

  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, well behind 6.8.
  • Aging. Over a year since the last update.

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.

56 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: WP compatibility

Update recency 52/100
WP compatibility 15/100
Rating quality 59/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 6.8; lagging the current branch costs search weight.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+24% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

117

now · peak 117

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

Automatic Expiration · #32367 BulkPress · #10787 Bulk Term Generator · #4803 WP Required Taxonomi · #5885

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

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.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈19

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Details

Version
0.1
Last updated
1.4y ago
Added
2018-09-10 · 7 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
5.2.24
Requires PHP
5.6

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-01-26 20+ → 10+ down after 315 days in band
  2. 2023-03-17 30+ → 20+ down after 16 days in band
  3. 2023-03-01 20+ → 30+ up after 61 days in band
  4. 2022-12-30 30+ → 20+ down after 45 days in band
  5. 2022-11-15 20+ → 30+ up

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Automatic Expiration for Categories: 10+ active installs, 4.6★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/categories-expiration-date