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Date Tool

by gordi555 · Uncategorized

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A simple plugin that returns the current date/time in a variety of different ways.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

70+

Active installs

≈77 estimated

6.2K

Total downloads

since 2013

4.12★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+26%

98

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 3/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4404 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+26% vs prior 30d
-1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

98

now · peak 202

9630d downloads · Aug 26

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

Date Tool · #17909 you Today's Date Inserte · #8131 EZ current date · #52701 WP Meta and Date Rem · #498

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.

1.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

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

0

releases in the last 12 months

13.2y ago

latest release · v1.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0 · 13.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
70–80 ≈77

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 126 days.

Install history · since 2022-07-07 · 1,384 observations

70Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.1
Last updated
12.1y ago
Added
2013-06-27 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.3
Tested up to
3.9.40
Requires PHP
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Recent review vibe

read from the latest 3 reviews to 2014-12-14
Positive PraiseOnboarding

Reviewers say it just works, it's simple and lightweight, and it's easy to set up even if you don't know PHP.

Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ dengelmad
    11.7y ago

    Simple and efficient for those who don’t know php at all. Works like a charm, easy to style in a span, just great! Thank you

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  2. ★★★★★ Nooriji
    12.5y ago

    Well done ! Tnx.

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  3. ★★★★★ joshuabaer23
    13.1y ago

    Installed, adjusted date format. Bam. Worked. Thats all I ask for in a plugin. Simple and lightweight.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-08-13 80+ → 70+ down after 62 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-12 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-11 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-08 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-07 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-05 70+ → 80+ up after 70 days in tier
  7. 2026-03-27 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
  8. 2026-03-25 70+ → 60+ down after 125 days in tier

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