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 56 average across 16,377 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 5769 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
35
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
15.8y ago
latest release · v0.3.0
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2017-03-04 · 1,383 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 3 reviews to 2015-05-02Reviewers like it and say it keeps working over the years, with one asking for a better colorpicker.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ arkanis5011.3y ago
This is exactly what I was after – some way of relaying my novel progress via a plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ worddiva12.9y ago
Still working great even years later!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ programmin13.5y ago
Cool, customizable, needs a better colorpicker though!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-07 30+ → 20+ down after 315 days in tier
- 2025-04-26 40+ → 30+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-04-18 30+ → 40+ up after 75 days in tier
- 2025-02-02 40+ → 30+ down after 80 days in tier
- 2024-11-14 50+ → 40+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2024-10-29 40+ → 50+ up after 29 days in tier
- 2024-09-30 50+ → 40+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2024-09-19 40+ → 50+ up after 6 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).
- P Pretty Simple Progress meter 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
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Ultimeter 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
PACE Pro (EPIC Page Loading Progress Bar) 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - K KKProgressbar2 Free – advanced progress bars 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 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
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