Custom Post Types Bubbles
by Andreas Sofantzis · Uncategorized
Easily add notifications bubble with counters in Post Types to display either pending or draft posts.
46 health vs 65 average across 4,183 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 7+ 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 2838 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
110
now · peak 111
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “40+”. 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-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-28 50+ → 40+ down after 487 days in band
- 2025-01-26 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-01-23 50+ → 40+ down after 112 days in band
- 2024-10-03 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-10-02 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-09-29 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-09-26 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-09-24 60+ → 50+ down after 4 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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MAS Static Content 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Post Types Unlimited 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Word Balloon 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Sticky Posts – Switch 6K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D -
Simple CPT 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag C -
Custom post types, Custom Fields & more 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
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