Customize Twenty Sixteen
by boldthemes · Uncategorized
Also makes 7 other plugins · 58.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Customize Twenty Sixteen theme - add Google Fonts, use new templates without sidebar and get other options to easily customize your site.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈550 estimated
Momentum
n/a
no downloads in the prior 30 days to compare with
Biggest opportunity: “change”, “customize” and “master” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
44 health vs 58 average across 25,769 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.5%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 11.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 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 1698 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.9.20; the current branch is 7.1
4.0★ over 3 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1698 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
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 18d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 18d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| twentysixteen your tag | #3 | #8 | 0 |
| twenty sixteen | #17 | #21 | 0 |
| 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
- “change”, “customize” and “master” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 205 · 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; the previous band took 14 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 5 May 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mstissa3.6y ago
Change change spacing only. Trying to change any of the fonts doesn’t do anythingwhatsoever.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ agusapri9.3y ago
Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ loshmi739.9y ago
Works as descibed 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Customize Twenty Sixteen theme - add Google Fonts, use new templates without sidebar and get other options..."
- ! 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 1,584 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("master", "modify", "twentysixteen" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-14 600+ → 500+ down after 418 days in tier
- 2024-11-22 700+ → 600+ down after 400 days in tier
- 2023-10-19 800+ → 700+ down after 305 days in tier
- 2022-12-18 900+ → 800+ down after 169 days in tier
- 2022-07-02 1K+ → 900+ down
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 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 -
Remove Footer Credit 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
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