HRM Work Tracking
by theode · Uncategorized
Also makes 12 other plugins · 220+ installs across the portfolio →
HRM Work Tracking plugin is a complete employee or user time tracking in the WordPress backend.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈35 estimated
Momentum
-3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “backend” for “hrm”. “backend” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “hrm” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
43 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 14.2K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2094 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23; the current branch is 6.8
3.4★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2094 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hrm | #13 | #10 | 0 |
| backend your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| clock your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| employee your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| time your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| work your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “backend” for “hrm”. “backend” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “hrm” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 188 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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 21 Oct 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
5.7y ago
latest release · v1.47 · 5 Feb 2021
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 27 May 2015
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 73 languages, 6 at 90% or more · development strings
Plus 49 more locales with partial translations.
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,752 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "clock" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-08-09 40+ → 30+ down after 289 days in tier
- 2024-10-24 50+ → 40+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-10-21 40+ → 50+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2024-09-06 50+ → 40+ down after 160 days in tier
- 2024-03-30 60+ → 50+ down after 51 days in tier
- 2024-02-08 50+ → 60+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2024-01-29 60+ → 50+ down after 75 days in tier
- 2023-11-15 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
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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All in One Time Clock Lite – Tracking Employee Time Has Never Been Easier 500+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Time Clock – A WordPress Employee & Volunteer Time Clock Plugin 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
Post Worktime Logger 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D - A Attendance Manager 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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Blog Time 600+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
jClocksGMT World Clocks 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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