Change Last Modified Date
by djuric · Uncategorized
Change or prevent updating Last Modified date for individual posts.
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Health
C 67/100
Stale
Active installs
3K+
≈3.9K estimated
Momentum
+26%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “modified time”, “published date” and “last” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8, #9 and #10 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
67 health vs 58 average across 25,738 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.1%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 42.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 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.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 416 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 416 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.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
8%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| change last modified your tag | #2 | #6 | 0 |
| edit last modified your tag | #2 | #5 | 0 |
| modified date | #3 | #7 | 0 |
| last modified date | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| last modified your tag | #4 | #9 | 0 |
| modified | #5 | #12 | 0 |
| add last modified date in post | #3 | #8 | — |
| last | #10 | #19 | up 1 |
| modified time | #8 | #17 | 0 |
| published date | #9 | #18 | down 2 |
| edit date your tag | #15 | #19 | down 1 |
| post modified | #16 | #21 | down 4 |
| modified posts | #10 | #19 | 0 |
| change date | #13 | #18 | down 1 |
| current date | #24 | #21 | 0 |
| change post date format | #16 | #23 | — |
| post modified on | #16 | #21 | 0 |
| last posts | #24 | #22 | 0 |
28 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 18 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “modified time”, “published date” and “last” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8, #9 and #10 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “edit date”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.4K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
1.1y ago
latest release · v1.4.8 · 11 Sep 2025
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 months ago; the previous band took 17 months to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Jul 2019
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.0 Initial release. 1.0
- — Version 1.2 Remove unnecessary directory 1.2
- — Version 1.3 Rewrite the plugin for new block editor 1.3
- — Version 1.4.2 Fix plugin crashing for custom post types without custom fields support declared 1.4.2
- — Version 1.4.3 Update wp-scripts to v26.1.0 Remove/update deprected props and functions 1.4.3
- — Version 1.4.4 Update wp-scripts to v26.1.0 Revert back to using __experimentalGetSettings from @wordpress/date 1.4.4
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,276 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 4 tags appear in the text ("change last modified", "edit date", "edit last modified" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-05-16 2K+ → 3K+ up after 520 days in tier
- 2023-12-13 1K+ → 2K+ up after 937 days in tier
- 2021-05-20 900+ → 1K+ up after 78 days in tier
- 2021-03-03 800+ → 900+ up after 127 days in tier
- 2020-10-27 700+ → 800+ up after 325 days in tier
- 2019-12-07 600+ → 700+ up
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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WP Last Modified Info 40K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Last Modified Timestamp 6K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Show modified Date in admin lists 6K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Post Updated Date 500+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag C - L Last-Modified and If-Modified-Since Headers 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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Freshtag – Last Modified Info & Timestamp, Detect Old Content, Boost SEO 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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