Gigaom New Relic
by Casey Bisson · Performance
Also makes 26 other plugins · 270+ installs across the portfolio →
Configures New Relic to better track performance, errors, and uptime of WordPress sites, including multisite
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈50 estimated
Momentum
-25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “monitoring” for “relic”. “monitoring” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “relic” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
47 health vs 69 average across 1,808 Performance plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 12.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Performance plugin keeps 1.4%, across 1,103 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Performance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
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 4380 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4380 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 18d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 18d
+0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| newrelic your tag | #7 | #5 | 0 |
| new relic | #19 | #13 | down 2 |
| relic | #20 | #14 | down 1 |
| monitoring your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| performance monitoring your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| server monitoring your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| telemetry your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “monitoring” for “relic”. “monitoring” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “relic” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 154 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 50.
Install history since 18 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ OgdenNews10.1y ago
Just ran across this. Easy way to get your WordPress site reporting data to your New Relic dashboard. If you have the New Relic software already installed on your server, you literally just install this plugin and it starts reporting within minutes. No settings required – just picks up your server settings. Doesn’t get any simpler!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kech6111.0y ago
a real great plugin, its really helpfull sorting out problems! Best regards Christian http://www.openandromaps.org
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dionsis12.2y ago
Just implemented this. Great work No settings or dashboard required. Works out of the box naming your applications domain.com domain.com wp-admin domain.com cron domain.com ajax I modified the code slightly, so that all 4 of these were reporting into one rollup application so see everything together as one. But otherwise. It was perfect. Great plugin for a great service like New Relic.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MESEE12.6y ago
the plug-in can only be seen in the plugins page ! you can delete it or deactivate but nooooo options no config. nothing @ all !!! even here … no description no details nothing about how this thing works the question is … is it a plugin ????
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ MESEE12.6y ago
the plug-in can only be seen in the plugins page ! you can delete it or deactivate but nooooo options no config. nothing @ all !!! even here … no description no details nothing about how this thing works the question is … is it a plugin ????
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Andrew Wilder12.8y ago
Just set up New Relic on our server and then installed this plugin. Without any other configuration, New Relic reporting split it into four applications: The main domain (for visitors/readers), Admin, Ajax, and Cron. Awesome. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Configures New Relic to better track performance, errors, and uptime of WordPress sites, including multisite"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 4 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,872 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "server monitoring", "telemetry" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 40+ → 50+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2026-10-20 50+ → 40+ down after 237 days in tier
- 2026-02-25 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-24 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-23 60+ → 50+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-02-18 50+ → 60+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-15 60+ → 50+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-02-09 50+ → 60+ up after 4 days in tier
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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Application Insights 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
Server Monitor 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
KloudStack Observability for Azure 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites 700K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Manage – Centralized site maintenance and monitoring 100K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Umbrella: Security Backup Restore & Monitoring 90K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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