Custom Pagination Permalinks
by Pau Iglesias · Uncategorized
Custom listing pagination URLs instead default WordPress permalinks like "[..]/page/[number]/"
41 health vs 62 average across 4,973 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 4.3.34, 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 3973 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
23
now · peak 76
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-12-10 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-12-08 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-07 200+ → 100+ down after 59 days in band
- 2023-10-09 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in band
- 2023-10-05 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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WP-PageNavi 500K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C - W WP PageNavi Style 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
- H Hikari Category Permalink 300+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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Nginx Helper 200K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
Simple Custom CSS Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C
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