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FireFly Effect on WordPress

by Motyar D · Uncategorized

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
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 56 average across 12,059 Uncategorized plugins

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 4951 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-52% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

51

now · peak 147

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 Animated Typed JS Sh · #5739 Init FX Engine · #16335 Blurry · #18781

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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
20–30 ≈29

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
13.6y ago
Added
2012-12-26 · 13 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
3.4.2
Requires PHP

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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