CSV Importer Improved
by Jason Judge · Content & Feeds
Import posts from CSV files into WordPress.
42 health vs 62 average across 419 Content & Feeds 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, 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 3567 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
40
now · peak 92
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 “100+”. 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
- 2026-04-05 200+ → 100+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-03-27 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-25 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in band
- 2026-03-18 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-15 200+ → 100+ down after 453 days in band
- 2024-12-17 300+ → 200+ down after 475 days in band
- 2023-08-30 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in band
- 2023-08-27 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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CSV Importer 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags B -
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Spreadsheet Price Changer for WooCommerce and WP E-commerce – Light 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags C -
WP Excel 2 DB 20+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D -
WP Import Export Lite 40K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP All Export – User Export Add-On 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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