Hotfix
by Mark Jaquith · Uncategorized
Provides unofficial fixes for selected WordPress bugs, so you don't have to wait for the next WordPress core release.
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “4K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-06 · 1,400 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-04-28 5K+ → 4K+ down after 365 days in band
- 2024-04-28 6K+ → 5K+ down after 280 days in band
- 2023-07-23 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-07-22 6K+ → 7K+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-07-21 7K+ → 6K+ down after 184 days in band
- 2023-01-18 8K+ → 7K+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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