Code Revisions
by Alex · Uncategorized
WordPress native revisions for the theme and plugin editors.
45 health vs 59 average across 7,308 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4673 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
23
now · peak 70
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 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-26 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-25 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-22 20+ → 10+ down after 13 days in band
- 2026-05-09 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-08 20+ → 10+ down after 17 days in band
- 2026-04-21 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-20 20+ → 10+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-04-10 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- B Better File Editor 300+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Code Snippets 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Child Theme Configurator 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Head & Footer Code 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Custom CSS Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C
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