HW Monitor
by PRESSMAN · Uncategorized
Displays performance monitor, such as the Microsoft Windows Task Manager on WordPress.
45 health vs 55 average across 13,438 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.24, 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 2627 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
35
now · peak 326
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.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 319 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-17 30+ → 40+ up after 92 days in tier
- 2026-02-14 40+ → 30+ down after 182 days in tier
- 2025-08-16 30+ → 40+ up after 58 days in tier
- 2025-06-19 40+ → 30+ down after 206 days in tier
- 2024-11-25 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-11-21 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2024-11-15 50+ → 40+ down after 93 days in tier
- 2024-08-14 60+ → 50+ down after 23 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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UsageDD 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Server IP & Memory Usage Display 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP-Memory-Usage 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
MyServerInfo – Memory Usage, PHP Version, Memory Limit, Execution Time, CPU Usage, Disk Usage 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
Memory Meter 600+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Plugin Memory Usage 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/hw-monitor" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="HW Monitor — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> HW Monitor: 40+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hw-monitor