Custom Post Type Template Redirect
by Sam Hotchkiss · Uncategorized
For custom post types, allows you to have default templates specific to each custom post type.
41 health vs 63 average across 4,729 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5819 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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
50
now · peak 161
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 2022-10-06 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-30 20+ → 10+ down after 204 days in band
- 2025-12-08 30+ → 20+ down after 19 days in band
- 2025-11-19 20+ → 30+ up after 30 days in band
- 2025-10-20 30+ → 20+ down after 135 days in band
- 2025-06-07 20+ → 30+ up after 47 days in band
- 2025-04-21 30+ → 20+ down after 58 days in band
- 2025-02-22 20+ → 30+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-02-15 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
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 - C Custom Category Templates 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- T Template List Metabox 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Quick Child Theme Generator 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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