Hierarchy
by Jon Christopher · Uncategorized
Move your Pages/Posts/Custom Post Type admin links from the sidebar to a Content menu that nests everything where it should be
48 health vs 66 average across 3,834 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 5.9.0.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1618 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
39
now · peak 96
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-10-21 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Post Types Unlimited 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Posts in Page 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
No Page Comment 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Custom post types, Custom Fields & more 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B - A Author Filters 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- S Search by ID 700+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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