Cursor Image Lite
by Haruki · Uncategorized
Easily replace the default mouse cursor with your own custom PNG images. A lightweight and simple custom cursor plugin for WordPress.
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Health
B 70/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈210 estimated
Momentum
-10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “customization”, “pointer” and “custom cursor” for “mouse cursor”, “cursor plugin” and “wordpress cursor”. “customization” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mouse cursor” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “pointer” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “cursor plugin” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “custom cursor” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “wordpress cursor” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
70 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →16%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 1.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 328 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
25
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.9
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-1.6
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| png cursor your tag | #2 | #10 | — |
| mouse cursor | #8 | #20 | down 2 |
| cursor your tag | #10 | #21 | down 3 |
| custom cursor your tag | #11 | #23 | down 3 |
| cursor plugin | #11 | #20 | down 5 |
| custom mouse pointer | #5 | #16 | 0 |
| pointer your tag | #17 | #21 | down 3 |
| wordpress cursor | #11 | #22 | down 2 |
| mouse pointer | #7 | #16 | down 2 |
| wp mouse cursor | #10 | #22 | 0 |
| gaming | #16 | #20 | down 1 |
| cursor custom | #12 | #23 | down 2 |
| customization your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 12 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “customization”, “pointer” and “custom cursor” for “mouse cursor”, “cursor plugin” and “wordpress cursor”. “customization” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mouse cursor” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “pointer” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #17. “cursor plugin” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “custom cursor” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “wordpress cursor” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “custom cursor”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 4 Dec 2025 · 332 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 198 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
11mo ago
latest release · v1.0.3 · 7 Dec 2025
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 20 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 200.
At the current install trend, crossing 300+ in roughly 191 days.
Install history since 3 Dec 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ PRNEWS11mo ago
We’ve been using Cursor Image Lite on a few of our project landing pages, mainly to give them a small visual touch without relying on heavier plugins. So far, the experience has been great.The plugin is very straightforward — upload the cursor images, set the sizes, and it’s done. Both the main cursor and the hover cursor work reliably across our pages, and we haven’t run into any conflicts or slowdowns.As an agency that builds a lot of creative pages, we appreciate tools that stay out of the way and just do their job. This one does exactly that.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Easily replace the default mouse cursor with your own custom PNG images. A lightweight and simple custom cu..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("ideal for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,001 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "customization" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-11 100+ → 200+ up after 245 days in tier
- 2026-02-08 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-02-03 80+ → 90+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 70+ → 80+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-01-13 60+ → 70+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-01-07 50+ → 60+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2025-12-24 40+ → 50+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2025-12-09 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. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Custom Cursor For WP 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
CursorFlex – Stylish Cursor Effects for WordPress 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
WP Custom Cursors | WordPress Cursor Plugin 8K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Custom Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Ultimate Custom Cursor 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Smooth Custom Cursor 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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