Forget About Shortcode Buttons
by Code Amp · Uncategorized
A visual way to add CSS buttons in the rich text editor and to your themes.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “20K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-20 · 1,396 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-13 30K+ → 20K+ down after 671 days in band
- 2024-06-11 40K+ → 30K+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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