GYS Themed Categories
by Luke Rumley · Uncategorized
This plugin allows you to assign a theme to a specific category.
44 health vs 57 average across 9,725 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 3.3.2, 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 5189 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
164
now · peak 208
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-30 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-29 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-28 30+ → 20+ down after 52 days in band
- 2026-03-07 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-06 30+ → 20+ down after 249 days in band
- 2025-06-30 40+ → 30+ down after 9 days in band
- 2025-06-21 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-06-19 40+ → 30+ down 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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YITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode 60K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Category Posts Widget 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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