GW Count Down
by Green Website · Booking & Events
Also makes 4 other plugins · 340+ installs across the portfolio →
Display a live countdown timer anywhere on your site using a simple shortcode.
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Health
C 65/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈180 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “coming soon” for “down”. “coming soon” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “down” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
65 health vs 69 average across 1,839 Booking & Events plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.1%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 1.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 944 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Booking & Events plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 440 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-1.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| count down | #2 | #20 | 0 |
| down | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| go down | #17 | #24 | 0 |
| coming soon your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| countdown timer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| event countdown your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| live timer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| timer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “coming soon” for “down”. “coming soon” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “down” sits at #23 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 Aug 2025 · 454 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 161 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
1.2y ago
latest release · v1.1.1 · 18 Aug 2025
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 76% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Aug 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Green Website1.2y ago
Lightweight, easy and works like a charm!
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display a live countdown timer anywhere on your site using a simple shortcode."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 5 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 5 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 713 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "coming soon", "event countdown" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-26 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-25 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-24 90+ → 100+ up after 23 days in tier
- 2026-01-01 80+ → 90+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2025-12-18 70+ → 80+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2025-12-09 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-12-06 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-12-01 40+ → 50+ up after 12 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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Uji Countdown 4K+ installs · 3.3★ · 3 shared tags B -
Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Maintenance Mode & Site Under Construction 3K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Event Countdown for The Events Calendar 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
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