Debug Bar Post Meta
by Jake Spurlock · Uncategorized
Adds a post meta panel for displaying all of the post meta.
45 health vs 56 average across 11,569 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.18.
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 2159 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
118
now · peak 131
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 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-16 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-14 20+ → 30+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 30+ → 20+ down after 76 days in tier
- 2026-03-21 40+ → 30+ down after 97 days in tier
- 2025-12-14 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-12-09 40+ → 50+ up after 77 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 50+ → 40+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-09-17 40+ → 50+ up after 270 days in tier
Competes with
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