404 Widget for Google
by Dave McHale · Uncategorized
Add Google search capabilities to your site's 404 "page not found" template.
45 health vs 57 average across 9,009 Uncategorized 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.21, 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 2423 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
28
now · peak 74
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 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-24 60+ → 50+ down after 13 days in band
- 2026-05-11 50+ → 60+ up after 85 days in band
- 2026-02-15 60+ → 50+ down after 12 days in band
- 2026-02-03 50+ → 60+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-01-30 60+ → 50+ down after 182 days in band
- 2025-08-01 70+ → 60+ down after 207 days in band
- 2025-01-06 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-05 70+ → 80+ up after 5 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Link Juice Keeper 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
404 to Home 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - 4 404 Simple Redirect 900+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- 4 404 Notifier 700+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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Better 404 Redirect To Homepage 600+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - C Custom Error Pages 600+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/google-404" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="404 Widget for Google — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> 404 Widget for Google: 50+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/google-404