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Easycron

by EasyCron · Uncategorized

Utilize EasyCron's API to configure a cron job that will trigger WordPress's cron script (wp-cron.php) periodically.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
47 Health · D
Maintenance 7/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 61 average across 5,606 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

45/100

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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.

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.

53 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 15/100
WP compatibility 53/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1175 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

-34% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

44

now · peak 361

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

Easycron · #12381 WP Cron Cleaner · #9079 Manual Cron · #39247 WP Crontrol · #174

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

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈290

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations

Details

Version
1.3.2
Last updated
3.2y ago
Added
2013-10-17 · 12 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
6.2.9
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-01-25 300+ → 200+ down after 12 days in band
  2. 2025-01-13 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in band
  3. 2025-01-10 300+ → 200+ down

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Easycron: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/easycron