CPT on Front Page
by fabrizim · Uncategorized
This plugin allows post types other than "page" to be displayed as the static front page.
46 health vs 55 average across 12,678 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4498 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
21
now · peak 67
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 “30+”. 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-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-09-22 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-21 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-19 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-09-15 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-09-13 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-12 30+ → 40+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-09-07 40+ → 30+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-09-01 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
-
Custom Post Type UI 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Meta Box 500K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A - S Sydney Toolbox 50K+ installs · 3.0★ · 1 shared tag D
-
CMS Tree Page View – Reorder Pages with a Drag-and-Drop Tree 50K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Apollo13 Framework Extensions 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for CPT on Front Page into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/cpt-on-front-page" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="CPT on Front Page — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> CPT on Front Page: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/cpt-on-front-page