CIO Custom Field Groups for PODS
by VisualData · Uncategorized
Copy, drag, drop, done. This plugin extends PODS to group custom fields quickly. Support location rules, pods shortcode and magic tags.
41 health vs 57 average across 9,635 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 3125 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
28
now · peak 64
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 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-11-29 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-28 30+ → 20+ down after 366 days in band
- 2024-11-27 40+ → 30+ down after 26 days in band
- 2024-11-01 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-10-31 40+ → 30+ down after 217 days in band
- 2024-03-28 50+ → 40+ down after 208 days in band
- 2023-09-02 60+ → 50+ down after 14 days in band
- 2023-08-19 50+ → 60+ up after 19 days in band
Competes with
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Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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