Dashboard Directory Size

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

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.

1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 7 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Jon

   9.8y ago

   Works great, can add custom folders for it to report on. Thanks for a very useful tool!

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2. ★★★★★ Gahapati

   10.1y ago

   By showing not just the sizes of the usual WP directories, but those of any other directories you want to have an eye on as well, Dashboard Directory Size provides useful additional information, not only about the state of one’s WP installation, but about one’s server in general. From its early stages on, the plugin had an inbuilt caching mechanism, which made sure that the directory size lookup wouldn’t be performed every time the Dashboard was opened. The latest version is using an asynchronous REST API request, which appears to be even lighter on resources than before. Time-wise there does not seem to be much difference at all any more, whether or not caching is enabled. Caching does, however, play into the amount of memory used during lookup. On my WP 4.4.5 Multisite Installation running on PHP 7.0.x the difference in memory consumption is in the range of 15-20 MB of additional RAM for a fresh lookup. All-in-all this earns Dashboard Directory Size a well deserved five stars.

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Translated into 135 languages, 7 at 90% or more

Plus 111 more locales with partial translations.

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.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-01 500+ → 400+ down after 71 days in tier
2. 2026-01-20 400+ → 500+ up after 90 days in tier
3. 2025-10-22 500+ → 400+ down after 15 days in tier
4. 2025-10-07 400+ → 500+ up after 115 days in tier
5. 2025-06-14 500+ → 400+ down after 101 days in tier
6. 2025-03-05 400+ → 500+ up after 32 days in tier
7. 2025-02-01 500+ → 400+ down after 404 days in tier
8. 2023-12-25 600+ → 500+ down after 364 days in tier

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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Dashboard Directory Size: 400+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/dashboard-directory-size