Flexo Archives
by Heath Harrelson · Uncategorized
Displays your archives as a compact list of years that expands when clicked.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-4%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “archive”, “archives” and “collapsible” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 32.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,786 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, well behind 7.1.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 5587 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.2.1; the current branch is 7.1
4.0★ over 8 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5587 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| archive your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| archives your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| collapsible your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| collapsible archive your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sidebar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “archive”, “archives” and “collapsible” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 230 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
15.3y ago
latest release · v2.1.5 · 18 Jul 2011
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 24 months ago; the previous band took 16 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 24 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ zuHause9.3y ago
Does what I need, thanks. Recently I enabled ssl on my website and got the “mixed content error”, because flexo-anim.js loads via http-url. Edit flexo_archives_widget.php in function script_url () line 712: OLD: $url = WP_PLUGIN_URL . ‘/’ . $this->flexo_dir . ‘/’; NEW: $url = plugins_url( $this->flexo_dir . ‘/’ ); thx a lot
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hendybear9.5y ago
Was Perfect but broken on PHP 7, works with WordPress 4.7.4 as long as PHP is below 7, real shame as it was a great plugin. Would give it 5 Stars but as it no longer works…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dsided9.5y ago
Good plugin at the time (cira 2011), now broken on php 7.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MadHag13.1y ago
Perfect.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ramasaig13.4y ago
It fixed in minutes something I’d been worrying about all day. Would it be possible for the months of the selected year to remain ‘open’ after selection of a month ?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ OllieJones13.6y ago
This really helps with our long-standing blog.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ loquos13.8y ago
What I was looking for – so simple and clean. Beautiful. Thank you so much! With my next paycheck, I’ll buy you a drink!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous13.9y ago
Thanks. Alfredo
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Displays your archives as a compact list of years that expands when clicked."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 849 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("collapsible", "collapsible archive", "sidebar" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-28 200+ → 100+ down after 476 days in tier
- 2023-08-10 300+ → 200+ down after 289 days in tier
- 2022-10-25 400+ → 300+ down after 21 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 500+ → 400+ down after 396 days in tier
- 2021-09-03 700+ → 500+ down after 395 days in tier
- 2020-08-04 3K+ → 700+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- C Collapsible Archive Widget 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Monthchunks 80+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
Simple Yearly Archive 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - A Advanced Posts/Page 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Collapsing Archives 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Sitekit 3K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
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