Github Ribbon
by Sudar Muthu · Uncategorized
Adds "Fork me on Github" ribbons to your WordPress posts
45 health vs 61 average across 5,780 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.13.
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 1738 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
22
now · peak 102
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-22 20+ → 30+ up after 56 days in band
- 2026-04-27 30+ → 20+ down after 271 days in band
- 2025-07-30 40+ → 30+ down after 309 days in band
- 2024-09-24 50+ → 40+ down after 332 days in band
- 2023-10-28 60+ → 50+ down after 93 days in band
- 2023-07-27 70+ → 60+ down after 115 days in band
- 2023-04-03 80+ → 70+ down after 95 days in band
- 2022-12-29 90+ → 80+ down after 28 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- G Github Embed 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B
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Static Site Exporter 500+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Gitium 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Pastacode 400+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/github-ribbon" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Github Ribbon — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Github Ribbon: 30+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/github-ribbon