Hide and Seek Header
by mark l chaves · Uncategorized
Also makes 4 other plugins · 300+ installs across the portfolio →
Hide and Seek Header hides the site header on down scroll events for the Avada theme.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈89 estimated
Momentum
+34%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “avada”, “css” and “header” 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.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,764 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 5.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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
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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1415 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1415 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| themefusion your tag | #2 | #1 | 0 |
| avada your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| css your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| header your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| html your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “avada”, “css” and “header” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.3K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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
3.9y ago
latest release · v1.4.0 · 18 Dec 2022
5
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 41 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 90.
Install history since 17 Sep 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Sepi4.8y ago
did not work on phlox theme theme:phlox builder:elementor looks like it works with avada theme This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Sepi.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ iuliu25.1y ago
Is not working at all on my website. This topic was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by iuliu2.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ wpejay6.5y ago
This Plugin is really great and works very well with Avada.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kevinsu02016.5y ago
Really awsome plugin for Avada. I’ve used it on my own site. Works pretty good! Simple, slim but really meets my expectation.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AeroStar6.6y ago
Great plugin. Works like a charm. Thank you so much!
Read on wp.org ↗
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
7 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 "Hide and Seek Header hides the site header on down scroll events for the Avada theme."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("built for", "if you want", "great for").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,581 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "css", "html" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-22 90+ → 80+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 80+ → 90+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 90+ → 80+ down after 106 days in tier
- 2026-04-23 100+ → 90+ down after 834 days in tier
- 2024-01-10 200+ → 100+ down after 463 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 100+ → 200+ up
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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Search Placeholder Avada 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Code Embed 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - R Raw HTML 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C
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WP Super Minify • Minify, Compress and Cache HTML, CSS & JavaScript 8K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Header Footer HTML 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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