Content Upgrades
by timsoulo · Email & Marketing
Use this plugin to create content upgrades, which require your readers to subscribe to your email list to get access to the bonus materials.
42 health vs 67 average across 608 Email & Marketing 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 4.1.42, 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 4127 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
29
now · peak 59
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-01 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-31 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-30 30+ → 20+ down after 75 days in band
- 2025-05-16 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-15 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-05-08 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-07 30+ → 20+ down after 33 days in band
- 2025-04-04 20+ → 30+ up after 44 days in band
Competes with
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