Currently Reading
by eroux · Admin & Utilities
Displays a cover image of a book with a link to Google Books based on a supplied ISBN-10 or ISBN-13.
52 health vs 53 average across 3,060 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 794 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
60
now · peak 190
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-06 70+ → 60+ down after 253 days in tier
- 2025-07-27 80+ → 70+ down after 120 days in tier
- 2025-03-29 90+ → 80+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-03-22 80+ → 90+ up after 52 days in tier
- 2025-01-29 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-28 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-01-24 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-01-22 80+ → 90+ up after 17 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WPCore Plugin Manager 9K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Relative URL 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - W WP Hide Dashboard 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- U Users by Date Registered 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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