Encute
by Mark Jaquith · Performance
Fluent API for site owners to manipulate the scripts and styles on the frontend of their site.
44 health vs 71 average across 414 Performance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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 1611 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
129
now · peak 384
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-18 10+ → 20+ up after 73 days in band
- 2025-06-06 20+ → 10+ down after 32 days in band
- 2025-05-05 10+ → 20+ up after 41 days in band
- 2025-03-25 20+ → 10+ down after 16 days in band
- 2025-03-09 10+ → 20+ up after 21 days in band
- 2025-02-16 20+ → 10+ down after 409 days in band
- 2024-01-04 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in band
- 2024-01-01 20+ → 10+ down after 89 days in band
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