Customize Twenty Seventeen
by boldthemes · Uncategorized
Also makes 7 other plugins · 58.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Customize Twenty Seventeen theme - add Google Fonts, use new templates and get other options to easily customize your site.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “change” for “twenty seventeen”. “change” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “twenty seventeen” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,756 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.7%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 42.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1697 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 10 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1697 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| twentyseventeen your tag | #8 | #11 | down 1 |
| twenty seventeen | #21 | #18 | down 2 |
| change your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| customize your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| master your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| modify your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “change” for “twenty seventeen”. “change” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “twenty seventeen” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 312 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 18 months ago; the previous band took 23 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Apr 2017
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ LaneDenson7.5y ago
Did exactly what I needed it to do – change the huge homepage image to something more reasonable.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pascal CESCATO8.6y ago
I tried it, wrote a review including it, very awesome plugin allowing mainly needed Twenty Seventeen customizations without a line of code. Recommend! Just one thing: the plugin is not tested for the latest WordPress version (Tested up to: 4.7.9) – even if it works well. This is the why of the fifth star lack.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ samsami8.8y ago
Nice to be able to centre the menus and the header. Nice to change fonts so easily. And nice to be able to make the picture on the home page smaller!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alpeshpurohit9.1y ago
Thanks Budy………..
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gregsh3039.6y ago
Instead of making a child theme for wide page support in Twenty Seventeen, this plugin did the trick! Along with this CSS addition, I am able to control the width of specified pages. Great job! .site-content-contain { padding: 5%; }
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ohkevmanaol9.6y ago
The title says it all. This plugin did nothing. All it did was gave me options to change fonts in the customizer at its own tab, but that didnt work. No other options for anything else. Im beginning to expect that most plugins are useless.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bitorbit9.8y ago
Easy way to customize 2017 theme.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rmackovic9.8y ago
Saves a bunch of time needed for twenty seventeen customization
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Customize Twenty Seventeen theme - add Google Fonts, use new templates and get other options to easily cust..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Google Analytics, Facebook.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,428 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("master", "modify", "twentyseventeen" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-05-09 3K+ → 2K+ down after 697 days in tier
- 2023-06-12 4K+ → 3K+ down after 995 days in tier
- 2020-09-20 5K+ → 4K+ down after 504 days in tier
- 2019-05-05 1K+ → 5K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Options for Twenty Seventeen 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 4 shared tags A -
Customize Twenty Sixteen 500+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags D -
Remove "Powered by WordPress" 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Options for Twenty Twenty-One 6K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Options for Twenty Twenty 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Options for Twenty Nineteen 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A
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