Color Mobile Browser Address Bar
by David Webb Espiritu · Uncategorized
A WordPress plugin that lets you add a custom color to the address bar of mobile browsers.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+45%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “meta tag for theme color”, “mobile address bar color” and “theme color” 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.
47 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →11%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 17.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21.
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 2035 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.7.21; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2035 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| meta tag for theme color your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mobile address bar color your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| theme color your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| theme color on address bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “meta tag for theme color”, “mobile address bar color” and “theme color” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 261 · 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
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
5.6y ago
latest release · v1.0.10 · 7 Apr 2021
7
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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 27 Sep 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Sepi4.8y ago
it works with no problem
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kirbratilla5.6y ago
I’ve been using this for almost 2 years now. It works fine 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mrkirb5.6y ago
It works well with my site.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Paddy Landau7.2y ago
I installed the plugin, checked the meta information, and tested it. The meta information was correctly added for Chrome, iOS and Windows Phone (the last is probably redundant now).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ David Webb Espiritu9.3y ago
As long as themes don’t incorporate this extra feature this plugin will serve as a quick fix for that.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.0.10 TWEAK! – Changes in author name and plugin icon. 1.0.10
- — Version 1.0.9 TWEAK! – Added default value when first activated on the meta and if user input made an invalid hex input 1.0.9
- — Version 1.0.8 New! – Added uninstall.php 1.0.8
- — Version 1.0.7 OFFICIAL RELEASE TWEAK! – Sanitize Hex Input [Improve Security] 1.0.7
- — Version 1.0.6 New! – Added Default Color Value Fix! – Hexadecimal not showing on the field when clicked 1.0.6
- — Version 1.0.5 New! – Added Admin Notices 1.0.5
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 "A WordPress plugin that lets you add a custom color to the address bar of mobile browsers."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 342 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 4 tags appear in the text ("meta tag for theme color", "mobile address bar color", "theme color", "theme color on address bar" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-03-24 3K+ → 2K+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-03-17 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-03-15 3K+ → 2K+ down after 683 days in tier
- 2023-05-02 4K+ → 3K+ down after 343 days in tier
- 2022-05-24 3K+ → 4K+ up after 210 days in tier
- 2021-10-26 2K+ → 3K+ 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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Rainbow Address Bar 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Browser Theme Color – Address Bar Color & Dark Mode 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
Browser Address Bar Color 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Meta Theme Color Colour 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D -
Profile Master 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
Browser Address Bar Color Changer 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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