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Custom Content Portfolio

by Justin Tadlock · Uncategorized

Also makes 35 other plugins · 30.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

A complete portfolio solution for creative people.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned

Health

D 45/100

Stale · Likely abandoned

Active installs

200+

≈270 estimated

Momentum

+28%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “portfolio” and “projects” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.5%

of downloads still active

At least 200 of 43.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,764 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.

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 4.8.34, well behind 6.8.

Details

Version
2.1.0
Last updated
9.1y ago
Added
2013-01-28 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
4.7
Tested up to
4.8.34
Requires PHP
5.2

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.

33 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

Updated 3319 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 9/100

Tested up to WordPress 4.8.34; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 63/100

4.2★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 68/100

2 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 3319 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+28% vs prior 30d
230 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.4K · peaks are release surges

10031 Oct 2026

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.

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.231 Oct 2026

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.

50031 Oct 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

9.1y ago

latest release · v2.1.0 · 29 Sep 2017

6

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.1.0 · 29 Sep 20172.0.1 · 14 Nov 20162.0.0 · 14 Nov 20161.0.1 · 5 Nov 20151.0.0 · 2 Nov 20150.1 · 28 Jan 2013

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 87% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.1 87%
v0.1 8.3%
v1.0 4.9%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈270

Crossed into this band 4 months ago; the previous band took 17 months to cross, which places it about 75% of the way through.

Install history since 22 May 2015

20031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 357386
    10.4y ago

    1) I cannot make more project (then, what is the utility of “Project Slug” in url? – i’ve removed!); 2) In details i’ve: “Client”, and no way to change in other (author, or any other possible text). 3) Format post type contain only: “Standard, Immagine, Video, Galleria, Audio” – something missed here (eg: “Quotes”). fixed with: [ Moderator note: code fixed. Please wrap code in the backtick character or use the code button. ] .project-client { visibility: hidden; } .project-client > .project-data { visibility: visible; float: right; } .project-client > .project-data::before { content: "Author: "; } 4) article (content) slug cannot be edited (so sad!). then, just need some fix, but can be a great plugin 😉

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  2. ★★★★★ Martin Stehle
    10.9y ago

    That plugin is great for developers, like a little boilerplate. I wished there is more documentation how to customize the portfolio pages. The easiest way to build customized portfolio pages was coding several files like archive-portfolio_project.php for portfolio overviews, taxonomy-portfolio_category.php for category lists and single-portfolio_project.php for the portfolio items. With no documentation it needed time to figure out the correct names. But that was worth the effort.

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  3. ★★★★★ Kanzariya
    11.4y ago

    Nice plugin and very easy customization. awesome plugin………….

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  4. ★★★★★ exnius
    12.6y ago

    😀

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  5. ★★★★★ pydubreucq
    12.8y ago

    This plugin is really great but it didn’t work after I’ve touch Permalink. Since it’s break

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  6. ★★★★★ Anonymous
    12.9y ago

    This is a great plugin. I used it on a personal project recently and it did exactly what it’s supposed to do. If I had one gripe, it would be that the documentation doesn’t cover how to really edit the output of the CPT as well as I think the average user would like (creating the archive file, single file, etc). Overall, great work with the plugin Justin.

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  7. ★★★★★ Michael Bailey
    12.9y ago

    Plug in has some issues, but if you want any kind of support, it appears to cost $29. And you are likely going to need support since already it shows kinks at a very early stage of very basic execution. Just be aware.

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  8. ★★★★★ Anonymous
    13.6y ago

    I like this portfolio plugin very much. It has a very nice two column responsive design and my content looks great in it. I think it would be very nice if it had some basic customization settings, but the the look and feel it comes with is really great.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

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

7 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
  • ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for portfolios", "if you need").
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions bbPress, BuddyPress.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 1,787 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-23 300+ → 200+ down after 518 days in tier
  2. 2025-01-21 400+ → 300+ down after 10 days in tier
  3. 2025-01-11 300+ → 400+ up after 16 days in tier
  4. 2024-12-26 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2024-12-25 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
  6. 2024-12-23 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-12-22 300+ → 400+ up after 15 days in tier
  8. 2024-12-07 400+ → 300+ down after 469 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 Content Portfolio: 200+ active installs, 4.2★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/custom-content-portfolio

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