External CSS
by sakuratan · SEO
Allows you to edit an external CSS file through WordPress dashboard.
41 health vs 65 average across 506 SEO 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.17.
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 2031 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
16
now · peak 53
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 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-16 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-14 10+ → 20+ up after 67 days in band
- 2025-08-08 20+ → 10+ down after 10 days in band
- 2025-07-29 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-07-25 20+ → 10+ down after 145 days in band
- 2025-03-02 30+ → 20+ down after 79 days in band
- 2024-12-13 20+ → 30+ up after 35 days in band
- 2024-11-08 10+ → 20+ up after 5 days in band
Competes with
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