Icecast Now Playing
by wgalway · Uncategorized
Displays Icecast current song playing, number of listeners, and a link to play the audio stream.
45 health vs 63 average across 4,878 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 5.1.22, 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 2634 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
147
now · peak 829
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-02 80+ → 70+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-04-29 70+ → 80+ up after 14 days in band
- 2026-04-15 80+ → 70+ down after 90 days in band
- 2026-01-15 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-14 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-13 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-12 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-01-11 90+ → 80+ down 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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Radio Player Page 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/icecast-now-playing" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Icecast Now Playing — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Icecast Now Playing: 70+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/icecast-now-playing