Extended AdRotate Ad Placements
by rtddev · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 80+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin extends the ad placements capability of the original AdRotate plugin within themes that offer dedicated ad placements outside of the stand …
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈20 estimated
Momentum
-35%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “wp davinci”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 8.3K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,781 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 7.1.
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 5065 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 4 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5065 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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 12d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 12d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hades bold magazine newspaper your tag | #1 | #1 | — |
| solostream your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| adrotate your tag | #9 | #6 | 0 |
| wp davinci your tag | #15 | #10 | 0 |
| adrotate add on | #9 | #5 | 0 |
| wp clear your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “wp davinci”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “wp clear” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 159 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,400 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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.
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 “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 20.
At the current install trend, crossing 30+ in roughly 390 days.
Install history since 19 Jan 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ cryogenn13.5y ago
Spent hours trying how to research adding rotating banners in the header of one of my Woothemes. Many plugins allowed me to rotate the code in widget areas but the header was a different issue. Whatever extra piece of code this plugin adds was perfect. Would be nice if the main AdRotate plugin could do this out of the box.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Debsterism13.6y ago
Just what I needed to integrate my Google Affiliate and Linkshare network ads with other banner ads. Easy to set up and easy to implement.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yoyoma197413.9y ago
Just what I was looking for!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ undershirtguy13.9y ago
i’ve been using solostream’s wp-davinci theme for a while now, and love the ad placement capability. i just started using adrotate and got a little discouraged when i couldn’t use adrotate short codes in some of the ad placements provided by the theme, plus i didn’t want to customize my theme’s templates. learned about this via a friend, so i just downloaded, installed, and activated this plugin. voila! the ad rotate short codes now can be used just like i can use them in posts, pages, and widgets. nice and simple!
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 752 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "WP-Clear", "WP-Davinci" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-27 10+ → 20+ up after 196 days in tier
- 2026-04-14 20+ → 10+ down after 34 days in tier
- 2026-03-11 10+ → 20+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2026-02-07 20+ → 10+ down after 371 days in tier
- 2025-02-01 30+ → 20+ down after 161 days in tier
- 2024-08-24 40+ → 30+ down after 117 days in tier
- 2024-04-29 60+ → 40+ down after 81 days in tier
- 2024-02-08 70+ → 60+ down after 212 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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