GD Pages Navigator
by Milan Petrovic · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 16 other plugins · 11K+ installs across the portfolio →
Simple and powerful widget plugin to create enhanced navigation for hierarchical post types, based on different criteria for filtering and display of …
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+128%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “dev4press”, “hierarchy” and “navigation” 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.
45 health vs 56 average across 5,896 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 26.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,186 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1312 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.10; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1312 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dev4press your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hierarchy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| navigation your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pages your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget 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
- “dev4press”, “hierarchy” and “navigation” 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 · 1,403 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 145 · 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 21 Oct 2026.
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
4.5y ago
latest release · v6.2.1 · 17 May 2022
28
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 73% 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 2.3 years ago; the previous band took 22 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 20 Mar 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ gregmattison12.8y ago
This is a very good and easy to use tool. WordPress doesn’t have a good method to display sub navigation and this fills that need. The only improvement I would suggest is if there is a section with only one page, it’s displaying all other top level pages. This may be something I can configure away but can’t see how to so far. Great plugin, thanks!
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 133 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 109 more locales with partial translations.
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-07-20 200+ → 100+ down after 655 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 300+ → 200+ down after 781 days in tier
- 2020-08-14 700+ → 300+ down after 1010 days in tier
- 2017-11-08 800+ → 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).
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WP-PageNavi 400K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP PageNavi Style 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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Collapsing Categories 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - E Expanding Archives 3K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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WP Widget in Navigation 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Auto Submenu 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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