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Define Constants

by ramon fincken · Uncategorized

GUI in backend to define constants without any programming knowledge. Every file in your theme has access to your constant.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 59 average across 7,399 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.

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.

42 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 5/100
WP compatibility 32/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1698 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-27% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

29

now · peak 73

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

Define Constants · #21033 Config Constants · #15583 constant contact · #16735 Acronym Manager · #44249

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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
50–60 ≈59

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,370 observations

Details

Version
1.2.1
Last updated
4.7y ago
Added
2011-05-11 · 15 yrs on WP
Requires WP
2.0.2
Tested up to
5.8.13
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2025-04-09 60+ → 50+ down after 49 days in band
  2. 2025-02-19 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in band
  3. 2025-02-16 60+ → 50+ down after 27 days in band
  4. 2025-01-20 50+ → 60+ up after 40 days in band
  5. 2024-12-11 60+ → 50+ down after 291 days in band
  6. 2024-02-24 70+ → 60+ down after 12 days in band
  7. 2024-02-12 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
  8. 2024-02-11 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band

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