Hello Star
by sarahphp1 · Admin & Utilities
Yet another plugin inspired by Hello Dolly. This plugin shows information about the 88 constellations and their stars that are most visible given your …
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-35%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “constellations”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2.2K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3572 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3572 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 9d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 9d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| apod your tag | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| constellations your tag | #13 | #13 | 0 |
| astronomy your tag | #17 | #18 | 0 |
| admin panel your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| hello dolly your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
3 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “constellations”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “admin panel” and “hello dolly” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 7 Oct 2022 · 1,485 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 153 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Oct 2022
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Yet another plugin inspired by Hello Dolly. This plugin shows information about the 88 constellations and t..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("who wants", "if you want").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,291 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "admin panel" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-20 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-19 10+ → 20+ up after 168 days in tier
- 2025-11-02 20+ → 10+ down after 425 days in tier
- 2024-09-03 10+ → 20+ up after 95 days in tier
- 2024-05-31 20+ → 10+ down after 192 days in tier
- 2023-11-21 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-20 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-11-19 10+ → 20+ up after 2 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).
- N NASA Picture of the Day 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Curiosity POTD 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
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WP Moon Phase Widget 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D - D Dashboard Editor 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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