External Links Advertisement Note
by David Schlegl · Uncategorized
External links will be marked as advertisement. You can choose your own word and style.
41 health vs 55 average across 13,106 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, 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 2542 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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
27
now · peak 52
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
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “—”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-06 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- O Opes WP Ads Manager 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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Meks Easy Ads Widget 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C - W WP125 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Easy Google Adsense and Banner Ads Manager – AdsforWP 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - M Master Post Advert 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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The Moneytizer 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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