Heatmap & Analytics – Howuku Web Optimization
by howuku · Analytics
Free heatmap and analytics tool for your WordPress sites.
45 health vs 66 average across 446 Analytics 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 6.0.12.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1496 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
60
now · peak 173
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 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-03 200+ → 100+ down after 287 days in band
- 2024-10-20 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-10-19 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-10-17 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-10-16 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-10-15 300+ → 200+ down after 482 days in band
- 2023-06-21 200+ → 300+ up after 121 days in band
- 2023-02-20 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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heatmap for WordPress – Realtime analytics 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Aurora Heatmap 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Mouseflow for WordPress 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
UserHeat Plugin 6K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Lucky Orange 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
QA Assistants – Driven by data 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
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