Category Country Aware WordPress
by wrigs1 · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 3 other plugins · 310+ installs across the portfolio →
Make both your post content and sidebar category and/or visitor location relevant.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈160 estimated
Momentum
+83%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “category”, “category widget” and “country” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 9.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,186 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2047 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.9.35; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2047 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| category your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| category widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| country your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| geoip your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| rss widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “category”, “category widget” and “country” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 107 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
8.3y ago
latest release · v1.2.3 · 1 Jul 2018
14
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 61% of the way through.
Install history since 27 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ alexac19708.4y ago
I use this plugin with Country Caching For WP Super Cache, to get IP country database updated periodically, and check for EU users (with cca_is_EU() function) at Cookie notice plugin. Easy to configure and use.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mark88888.6y ago
Does exactly what’s needed and with much better options than the other plugins i used. I had few questions on the setting and every time received in depth reply within 24 hours. Highly recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ryan Stutzman10.7y ago
This plugin has some really useful features.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Make both your post content and sidebar category and/or visitor location relevant."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("who need", "if you want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Cloudflare.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 4 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,941 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "category widget" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-09 200+ → 100+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2026-05-15 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-12 200+ → 100+ down after 483 days in tier
- 2025-01-14 300+ → 200+ down after 384 days in tier
- 2023-12-27 400+ → 300+ down after 220 days in tier
- 2023-05-21 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-05-19 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-05-18 500+ → 400+ down after 1 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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Advanced Categories Widget 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - C Country Caching For WP Super Cache 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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CountryLock 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
Pages with category and tag 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search & Filter 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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