Default Post Date and Time
by Greg Ross · Admin & Utilities
Set the default date and time when you create a new post.
49 health vs 57 average across 1,440 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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 957 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
22
now · peak 88
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-07 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in band
- 2026-05-30 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-29 80+ → 70+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-05-20 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-05-17 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-16 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-15 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-13 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in band
Competes with
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Nested Pages 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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