External Header Footer
by Sully Syed · Uncategorized
External Header Footer lets you expose your site's header and footer as URLs whose content can then be displayed on other websites.
45 health vs 60 average across 6,340 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.0, 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 2777 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
52
now · peak 147
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-14 60+ → 50+ down after 195 days in band
- 2025-12-01 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-29 60+ → 70+ up after 47 days in band
- 2025-10-13 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-11 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-10 70+ → 60+ down after 90 days in band
- 2025-07-12 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-11 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in band
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