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Hero for Genesis Framework

by Jeffrey Carandang · Uncategorized

Easiest and Powerful way to add header, hero image & content to your Genesis powered sites. Powered by native widget, you can add almost anything!

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 63 average across 4,796 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 5/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3902 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-59% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

46

now · peak 160

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

Hero for Genesis Fra · #29179 Header Enhancement · #8652 WPCode · #19 Header Footer Code M · #103

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.

tracked estimate
10–20 ≈17

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations

Details

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
10.7y ago
Added
2015-11-06 · 10 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
4.3.34
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2025-11-21 20+ → 10+ down after 403 days in band
  2. 2024-10-14 30+ → 20+ down after 8 days in band
  3. 2024-10-06 20+ → 30+ up after 93 days in band
  4. 2024-07-05 30+ → 20+ down after 193 days in band
  5. 2023-12-25 40+ → 30+ down after 16 days in band
  6. 2023-12-09 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
  7. 2023-12-08 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
  8. 2023-12-05 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band

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Hero for Genesis Framework: 10+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hero-for-genesis-framework