Custom Page Templates Setup
by Spencer Brown · Uncategorized
Easily add custom page templates without having to use ftp or keep track of changing themes.
41 health vs 56 average across 11,810 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3711 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
27
now · peak 59
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-07 20+ → 10+ down after 369 days in tier
- 2023-12-04 30+ → 20+ down after 26 days in tier
- 2023-11-08 20+ → 30+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2023-10-31 30+ → 20+ down after 160 days in tier
- 2023-05-24 40+ → 30+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Canvas 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Template Kit – Export 8K+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Export Themes 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Custom 404 Error Page 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - W Which Template 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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