Easter Egg Drop
by preeve · Uncategorized
A simple plugin show an easter egg dropping in from the top of the screen
45 health vs 55 average across 14,259 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.15.
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 1930 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
24
now · peak 211
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 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-22 20+ → 10+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-04-11 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-09 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-04-04 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 20+ → 30+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 10+ → 20+ up after 318 days in tier
- 2025-05-08 20+ → 10+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-05-01 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
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