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Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades

by Chris Jean · Uncategorized

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Easily upgrade your themes and plugins using zip files without removing the theme or plugin first.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
51 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 92/100
Support 70/100

51 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

60K+

Active installs

≈64K estimated

1.4M

Total downloads

since 2011

4.65★

Rating (adjusted)

4.7★ raw · 117 reviews

+37%

998

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

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 5.7.17.

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.

51 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 7/100
WP compatibility 28/100
Rating quality 90/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1588 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 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+37% vs prior 30d
37Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

998

now · peak 7.4K

98930d downloads · Aug 26

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

Easy Theme and Plugi · #632 you Windows Compatibilit · #6605 WP Updates Notifier · #1044 Disable All WordPres · #1643

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.7Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

16per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

4.4y ago

latest release · v2.0.2

10

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0.2 · 4.4y ago2.0.1 · 7.2y ago2.0.0 · 9.9y ago1.0.6 · 10.1y ago1.0.5 · 10.1y ago1.0.4 · 10.5y ago1.0.3 · 12.4y ago1.0.2 · 13.0y ago1.0.1 · 14.9y ago1.0.0 · 15.1y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.0 98%
v1.0 2.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “60K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
60K–70K ≈64K

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

Install history · since 2015-03-22 · 1,498 observations

60KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

Ratings · 117 reviews

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5★
108 4★
1 3★
0 2★
1 1★
7

Details

Version
2.0.2
Last updated
4.4y ago
Added
2011-07-06 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
4.4
Tested up to
5.7.17
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Topher
    1.9y ago

    This was a GREAT plugin and I used it for years, but WordPress core does this now, so the plugin is no longer needed. Thank you for your great work all these years.

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  2. ★★★★★ chrisbizonline
    2.6y ago

    I used this plugin in the past and recently on a WordPress 6.4.2 installation without problems. It does what it is supposed to do.

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  3. ★★★★★ Ivan William Pfeifer
    3.5y ago

    Quite useful.

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  4. ★★★★★ Malik Waris
    3.8y ago

    This plugin is very bad not working on it!

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  5. ★★★★★ tophatcc
    3.8y ago

    Add plugin results in “The plugin does not have a valid header.” Everything about this theme is low-grade and they are slow to update. I have over 100 themes and this is the only one that has continual update problems and even the recommended way of updating has problems. Pfft

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  6. ★★★★★ andrewmwnk
    4.5y ago

    Really helpful

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  7. ★★★★★ pinkish1
    5.0y ago

    I’ve just recently discovered this great plugin and I must say I absolutely love it. Highly recommended!

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  8. ★★★★★ rcriche
    5.3y ago

    awesome plugin and works with wp 5.7 !!! thank you

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. — Version 2.0.2 Misc: Version bump to show that this project is still active. No code changes are needed for functionality to continue. 2.0.2
  2. — Version 2.0.1 Compatibility Update: Updated to indicate compatibility with WordPress 4.9.8. 2.0.1
  3. — Version 2.0.0 Enhancement: Removed the requirement for the user to select “Yes” from the drop down in order to initiate an update. This new version does not change the appearance of the upload form. Instead, it automatically creates a 2.0.0
  4. — Version 1.0.6 Bug Fix: Fixed updates not working with some formats of zip files. Thanks to the team at Kaira for helping solve this issue. 1.0.6
  5. — Version 1.0.5 Compatibility Fix: Added support for PHP 7. 1.0.5
  6. — Version 1.0.4 Enhancement: Updated instructions on how to upgrade themes. 1.0.4

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7.2

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-26 70K+ → 60K+ down after 199 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-08 80K+ → 70K+ down after 166 days in tier
  3. 2025-07-26 90K+ → 80K+ down after 142 days in tier
  4. 2025-03-06 100K+ → 90K+ down

Competes with

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