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FireFly Effect on WordPress

by Motyar D · Uncategorized

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FireFly is a Jquery Plugin that creates spark effect on web page. Sparks moves in random motion and path. You have to call firefly_wp_setup() on every …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 56 average across 16,379 Uncategorized plugins

20+

Active installs

≈29 estimated

4.8K

Total downloads

since 2012

3.92★

Rating (adjusted)

4.0★ raw · 4 reviews

+12%

56

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 3.4.2, 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.

33 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4996 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+12% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

56

now · peak 147

5630d downloads · Aug 26

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

FireFly Effect on Wo · #25680 you Animated Typed JS Sh · #5764 Init FX Engine · #16335 Subpage as Expandabl · #18193

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

2.8Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈29

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2019-12-06 · 1,381 observations

20Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 4 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
13.7y ago
Added
2012-12-26 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
3.4.2
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ vanMeerdervoort
    8.0y ago

    This is a wonderful effect and it works like a charm. (WordPress 4.9.8) I must admit that I’d love to have seen a shortcode option and a settings page instead of having to edit theme php files. At the moment all you can do is add the plugin and accept what it looks like. Which is great! But a bit more ‘easy’ options would have been awesome. Nevertheless, it looks fantastic, hence the5 stars.

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  2. ★★★★★ Sixtus78
    11.9y ago

    I use it on a simple website with only few plugins installed. Didn’t experience any problems so far.

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  3. ★★★★★ bitchenk
    11.9y ago

    This plugin does not work!

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  4. ★★★★★ Motyar D
    13.7y ago

    Simply doest one thing, and does it well.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-07-05 30+ → 20+ down after 34 days in tier
  2. 2025-06-01 20+ → 30+ up after 7 days in tier
  3. 2025-05-25 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-05-24 20+ → 30+ up after 12 days in tier
  5. 2025-05-12 30+ → 20+ down after 11 days in tier
  6. 2025-05-01 20+ → 30+ up after 24 days in tier
  7. 2025-04-07 30+ → 20+ down after 274 days in tier
  8. 2024-07-07 40+ → 30+ down after 213 days in tier

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