HeadlineEngine
by Jason Norwood-Young · Uncategorized
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41 health vs 55 average across 20,718 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.14.
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 1517 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 2024-09-16 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
62
now · peak 62
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2026-09-15 · 2 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
Competes with
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/headlineengine" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="HeadlineEngine — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> HeadlineEngine: — active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/headlineengine