Columnizer
by TristanChambers · Uncategorized
Wordpress Plugin to columnize content automatically
44 health vs 56 average across 16,377 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 5106 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
74
now · peak 163
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
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.
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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2016-03-22 · 1,386 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ aignerad11.4y ago
Wish it was easier to find where to adjust the column widths when you don’t want them equal! I saw it somewhere, now can’t find it. Please add this info to your “Details” section of the plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ curlypinky13.5y ago
Great plugin, makes implementing jquery column support very easy. I needed it to display a ul list in columns and with IE’s lack of support for CSS3 columns this was a good solution.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ EddieG13.6y ago
You’ll likely have to add break tags or some such manually to get your column breaks to come out where you want them. Still, it’s the only option of its type around.
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 70+ → 60+ down after 179 days in tier
- 2026-02-09 80+ → 70+ down after 313 days in tier
- 2025-04-02 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-01 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-03-28 90+ → 80+ down after 95 days in tier
- 2024-12-23 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-12-22 90+ → 80+ down after 202 days in tier
- 2024-06-03 100+ → 90+ down after 2 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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Column Shortcodes 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags D -
Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C - I Insert Pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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Posts in Page 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Genesis Columns Advanced 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Columns 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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