Daily Top 10 Posts
by Andrew DS a11n · Analytics
Tracks the number of pageviews per blog post for the current day and cumulatively with options to display sidebar widgets for both.
41 health vs 63 average across 693 Analytics 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 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8, 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 6241 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
37
now · peak 66
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-10-29 80+ → 70+ down after 148 days in tier
- 2025-06-03 90+ → 80+ down after 68 days in tier
- 2025-03-27 80+ → 90+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-03-23 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-22 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-03-16 90+ → 80+ down after 26 days in tier
- 2025-02-18 80+ → 90+ up after 27 days in tier
- 2025-01-22 90+ → 80+ down after 130 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Burst Statistics – Simple WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Post Views Counter 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Statify 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
SlimStat Analytics 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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