DCO Post Validator
by Denis Yanchevskiy · Uncategorized
Allows you to make post, page, custom post elements required: title, content, featured image.
45 health vs 57 average across 10,098 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.19.
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 2242 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 66
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 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-22 30+ → 20+ down after 13 days in band
- 2025-08-09 20+ → 30+ up after 20 days in band
- 2025-07-20 30+ → 20+ down after 222 days in band
- 2024-12-10 20+ → 30+ up after 80 days in band
- 2024-09-21 30+ → 20+ down after 131 days in band
- 2024-05-13 40+ → 30+ down after 38 days in band
- 2024-04-05 50+ → 40+ down after 121 days in band
- 2023-12-06 40+ → 50+ up after 51 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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Require Post Category 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Requirements Checklist 900+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Header and Footer Scripts 200K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
Post Type Switcher 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A - A Advanced Excerpt 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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