Gaug.es
by ExpectedBehavior · Analytics
Enables Gaug.es on all pages.
45 health vs 72 average across 254 Analytics 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5517 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
20
now · peak 64
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
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-26 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-25 50+ → 40+ down after 104 days in band
- 2026-03-13 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-11 50+ → 60+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-03-07 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-05 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-02-28 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-26 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
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