Gravatar Signup Encouragement
by Milan Dinić · Uncategorized
Shows a message with link to Gravatar's signup page to commenters and/or users without gravatar.
45 health vs 56 average across 11,966 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 5119 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
26
now · peak 66
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 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-19 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-16 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-15 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-13 50+ → 60+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2026-02-27 60+ → 50+ down after 258 days in tier
- 2025-06-14 70+ → 60+ down after 304 days in tier
- 2024-08-14 80+ → 70+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2024-08-08 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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HiDPI Gravatars 50+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
Simple Local Avatars 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
User Profile Picture 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Basic User Avatars 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Simple User Avatar 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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