Dave’s Whizmatronic Widgulating Calibrational Scribometer
by davidanaxagoras · Uncategorized
The Scribometer allows writers to track and display their writing progress in their sidebar.
45 health vs 57 average across 8,791 Uncategorized 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5724 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
24
now · peak 75
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-07 30+ → 20+ down after 315 days in band
- 2025-04-26 40+ → 30+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-04-18 30+ → 40+ up after 75 days in band
- 2025-02-02 40+ → 30+ down after 80 days in band
- 2024-11-14 50+ → 40+ down after 16 days in band
- 2024-10-29 40+ → 50+ up after 29 days in band
- 2024-09-30 50+ → 40+ down after 11 days in band
- 2024-09-19 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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PACE Pro (EPIC Page Loading Progress Bar) 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - B BSPB ProgressBar by pierre gagliardi 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Simple Banner – Easily add multiple Banners/Bars/Notifications/Announcements to the top or bottom of your website 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search Meter 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B
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