Great Circle Mapper
by Seth Miller · Uncategorized
Embed flight route maps from gcmap.com. Automatically includes the links back to gcmap.com and full parameter control in the shortcode.
45 health vs 57 average across 9,315 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.17.
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 2025 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
17
now · peak 51
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,365 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- T Travelmap 80+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
- L LogMyTrip 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Travel Map 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Go Maps – Google Map, OpenStreetMap, Leaflet Map 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Store Locator 50K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
MapPress Maps for WordPress 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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