Confirm Publishing Actions
by Peter J. Herrel · Uncategorized
Prompts a user to click a confirm button whenever he tries to submit, publish, update, schedule or delete a post.
46 health vs 60 average across 6,606 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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 4087 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
31
now · peak 87
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 “70+”. 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
- 2026-06-20 80+ → 70+ down after 13 days in band
- 2026-06-07 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-05 80+ → 70+ down after 21 days in band
- 2026-05-15 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-13 80+ → 70+ down after 43 days in band
- 2026-03-31 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-03-27 80+ → 90+ up after 45 days in band
- 2026-02-10 90+ → 80+ down after 8 days in band
Competes with
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/confirm-publishing-actions" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Confirm Publishing Actions — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Confirm Publishing Actions: 70+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/confirm-publishing-actions