Degree of Difficulty for Sensei
by Open-DSI · Education
Sensei LMS add-on to set and display the degree of difficulty of a course.
41 health vs 65 average across 117 Education 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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 3215 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
49
now · peak 180
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 “10+”. 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-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-11-27 20+ → 10+ down after 45 days in tier
- 2022-10-13 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-12 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Sensei LMS Post to Course Creator 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
LifterLMS Labs 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
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