Expandable Banners
by Melodic Media · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 20+ installs across the portfolio →
The easiest way to create expandable banners for your site. Unlimited creativity! 9 Languages!
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “expandable banners” and “expanding banners” for “dfp” and “swf”. “expandable banners” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “dfp” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “expanding banners” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “swf” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 3.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3917 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.4.34; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3917 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| html5 expandable banners your tag | #5 | #5 | 0 |
| expandable ads your tag | #20 | #21 | 0 |
| expanding ads your tag | #23 | #23 | down 1 |
| dfp | #20 | #20 | 0 |
| swf | #24 | #24 | down 2 |
| expandable banners your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| expanding banners your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
9 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “expandable banners” and “expanding banners” for “dfp” and “swf”. “expandable banners” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “dfp” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “expanding banners” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “swf” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 155 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
10.7y ago
latest release · v1.5 · 11 Feb 2016
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.6 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 21 Sep 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ aldemir99.2y ago
This expandable banners plugin is fantastic Is by far the best expandable Banner plugin available I bought the professional version of the plugin and I am very satisfied By the quality of the designs, the clean codes, effects, simplicity. You can create a banner with the simplicity and ease The end result goes beyond your expectation! And the banners are very light, which means that your website’s performance will improve in terms of speed You can create your banner either with the plugin or if you prefer you can create on the expandablebanners.com website. And also the support is wonderful, the author is super attentive and humble! This is a plugin you can not miss on your site! Surely, your banner will look flawless!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 129 languages, 0 at 90% or more · development strings
Plus 105 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The easiest way to create expandable banners for your site. Unlimited creativity! 9 Languages!"
- ✓ Has a FAQ 12 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 12 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, YouTube, Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 3 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,558 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("expandable ads", "expanding ads", "expanding banners", "HTML5 expandable banners" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-04-12 20+ → 10+ down after 189 days in tier
- 2022-10-05 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 40+ → 30+ down
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