HTD 404
by JoshuaPack · Uncategorized
This plugin will simply allow you to point to a page to serve up if you get a 404 error. Also it marks it as 404.
45 health vs 56 average across 12,039 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.
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 4196 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
27
now · peak 74
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-14 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-13 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-02-09 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-08 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-02-05 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-01-31 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-29 50+ → 40+ down after 90 days in tier
- 2025-10-31 60+ → 50+ down after 52 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Link Juice Keeper 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Custom 404 Error Page 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
404 to Home 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D - 4 404 Simple Redirect 900+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- 4 404 Notifier 700+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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Better 404 Redirect To Homepage 600+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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