Draupnir Ringmanager
by jarandhel · Uncategorized
This plugin allows for the creation and management of a webring, and the display of webring code in posts, pages, or a widget.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈17 estimated
Momentum
+42%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Update recency scores 0/100. Last updated 4432 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
44 health vs 58 average across 25,735 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
75/100Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
- Reviews souring. Recent reviews read meaningfully worse than older ones, an early sign of decline.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 3 reviews to 2023-07-28Older reviewers loved the webring idea, but the most recent one says the plugin now triggers a critical error and takes the whole site down until it's updated for current WordPress.
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4432 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 6.8
3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4432 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 9d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 9d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| blogring your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| blogrings your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| ringmaker your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| webring your tag | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| webrings your tag | #4 | #4 | — |
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
Daily downloads
Since 9 Oct 2022 · 1,483 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 70 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
12.1y ago
latest release · v1.7.7 · 12 Sep 2014
16
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 8 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ aevisia3.3y ago
This plugin no longer works, it creates a critical error on the website and makes the whole website become unreachable. Please please update this to be compatible with the current WordPress version. I will edit this rating to 5 stars if it gets an update and is working again. Thank you This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by aevisia.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ morgao10.6y ago
I am looking for this since so many years… maybe before than webrings was a good way for linking and SEO 😉
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ thatgrrl11.0y ago
I haven’t set up any other sites in my ring yet. But, I do remember when webrings were popular and I’ve missed that community which came from having them. Thanks for adding this plugin to the WP directory. I had a look at your site too. Read the post about working with a new plugin to create a directory. I’ve looked at a lot of plugins for that too. I ended up with Link Library, free and a lot of features I can work with. Also, a bookmarklet for adding links which is really nice!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin allows for the creation and management of a webring, and the display of webring code in posts,..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 918 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("blogring", "blogrings", "ringmaker", "webrings" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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