Edit Category Slug (Multisite)
by Sergey Biryukov · Admin & Utilities
Allows to specify or edit a category slug in WordPress Multisite.
41 health vs 53 average across 2,810 Admin & Utilities 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5632 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
31
now · peak 79
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 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-21 20+ → 10+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2025-06-11 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-06-08 20+ → 10+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2025-05-19 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-05-17 20+ → 10+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2025-04-30 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-29 20+ → 10+ down after 749 days in tier
- 2023-04-11 30+ → 20+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B - A Adjust Admin Categories 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Admin Bar Position 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Root Relative URLs 6K+ installs · 3.3★ · 2 shared tags F
- R Remove Taxonomy Base Slug 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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