Default Post Tags
by daronspence · Uncategorized
This plugin allows you to set default tags for your new blog posts.
47 health vs 56 average across 12,038 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3717 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
34
now · peak 80
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-31 70+ → 80+ up after 74 days in tier
- 2025-05-18 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-05-10 70+ → 80+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2025-05-01 80+ → 70+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2025-04-20 70+ → 80+ up after 48 days in tier
- 2025-03-03 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-02 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-02-27 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Meta Tag Manager 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A - P Post Tags and Categories for Pages 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
- V Visual Term Description Editor 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag C
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Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Tag Pages 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag D
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