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Contemplate

by David Gwyer · Uncategorized

Create unlimited content templates (supports HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Fantastic for creating blocks of content you want to add to one, or more, pages.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 58 average across 7,645 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 9/100
Rating quality 53/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3346 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-49% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

28

now · peak 86

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

Contemplate · #22597 Multiple Post Passwo · #4830 Post Type Switcher · #271 Advanced Excerpt · #585

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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
40–50 ≈46

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations

Details

Version
2.11
Last updated
9.2y ago
Added
2010-06-05 · 16 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
4.8.28
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-10 30+ → 40+ up after 61 days in band
  2. 2026-05-10 40+ → 30+ down after 210 days in band
  3. 2025-10-12 50+ → 40+ down after 89 days in band
  4. 2025-07-15 60+ → 50+ down after 158 days in band
  5. 2025-02-07 70+ → 60+ down after 98 days in band
  6. 2024-11-01 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in band
  7. 2024-10-30 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in band
  8. 2024-10-28 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in band

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