Days Ago Post Date
by praveencrony · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 3.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Change post date format as human readable like 2mins ago, 2 days age, 1 year ago.
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Health
C 55/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈35 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “change post date format” for “ago”. “change post date format” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ago” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
55 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 4.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 1 reviews to 2016-05-04The single review here is happy, calling it a simple install that does exactly what it promises without touching template code.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 671 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 671 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →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.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| ago | #24 | #24 | down 4 |
| ago post date format your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| change post date format your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| days ago post date your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| human readable post date format. your tag | Not checked yet | ||
| post date format your tag | Not checked yet | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “change post date format” for “ago”. “change post date format” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “ago” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 184 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,100 to #25,000, alongside the other plugins at 30+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
10.5y ago
latest release · v1.0 · 26 Apr 2016
5
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 16 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Oct 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ captainswallow10.5y ago
Simple install, does what it says on the tin! Many of these past date/human readable plugins are the opposite of what I needed – something that would say “posted one year ago” (for example) – without having to mess with any code in the template. This does that…thank ye, Praveen!
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 508 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("ago post date format", "days ago post date", "human readable post date format." missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-29 40+ → 30+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2025-06-09 30+ → 40+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-06-06 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-05 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-03 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-01 30+ → 40+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-05-24 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-23 30+ → 40+ up after 6 days in tier
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