Emoji Emoticons
by Guilherme Baptista · Uncategorized
Support for Emoji Emoticons: http://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com/
45 health vs 56 average across 12,289 Uncategorized 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 4894 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
58
now · peak 176
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-27 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-02-25 100+ → 200+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-02-18 200+ → 100+ down after 777 days in tier
- 2024-01-03 300+ → 200+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Native Emoji 5K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
TinyMCE Smiley Button 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Compressed Emoji 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Emoji Settings 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag C -
Emoji Toolbar 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Super Emoji Plus+ 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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