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Google+ Follow Box

by Manivannan M · Uncategorized

Also makes 1 other plugin · 380+ installs across the portfolio →

Google+ Badge / Follow Box Widget like FB Like Box

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 6/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3743 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+33% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

77

now · peak 169

7730d downloads · Aug 26

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

Google+ Follow Box · #17784 you Google Plus Badge Di · #31023

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.

963per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

13.0y ago

latest release · v0.1.7

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.1.7 · 13.0y ago0.1.6 · 13.0y ago0.1.5 · 13.0y ago0.1.4 · 13.0y ago0.1.3 · 13.0y ago0.1.2 · 13.0y ago0.1.1 · 13.0y ago0.1 · 13.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v0.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
80–90 ≈87

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2017-08-11 · 1,387 observations

80Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
0.1.8
Last updated
10.3y ago
Added
2013-08-27 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
2.5
Tested up to
4.5.33
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. maxdanam
    11.9y ago

    5 stars 🙂

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  2. Anonymous
    12.8y ago

    Great looking widget, but it caused a problem when I needed to log back in to my blog. After trying to log in, I got an error notice saying my cookies were disabled and I needed to enable cookies to use wordpress. When I clicked on the “enable cookies” link the page went to a google help page about cookies. My cookies in all browsers were enabled. I had to contact my hosting service for help. They found that this plugin was causing problems and had to disable it, after which I was able to login with no problems. Shame really because it looked great on my blog

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  3. jamesosix
    12.9y ago

    Great plugin and simple to use

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  4. sathia27
    13.0y ago

    Hey its so nice plugin da

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-20 90+ → 80+ down after 141 days in tier
  2. 2026-01-30 100+ → 90+ down after 764 days in tier
  3. 2023-12-28 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2023-12-27 100+ → 200+ up after 12 days in tier
  5. 2023-12-15 200+ → 100+ down after 366 days in tier
  6. 2022-12-14 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
  7. 2022-12-13 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2022-12-12 300+ → 200+ down

Competes with

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Google+ Follow Box: 80+ active installs, 4.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/google-plus-badge-like-fb-like-box