Image SEO for Gutenberg
by Mahesh Waghmare · Blocks
Highlights the missing or empty alt and caption from the post, pages and custom post type images in a single place. Additionally, It checks the missin …
41 health vs 70 average across 890 Blocks 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.19.
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 2211 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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
22
now · peak 55
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 139 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-06 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-14 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-07-12 40+ → 30+ down after 105 days in band
- 2026-03-29 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-27 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-26 30+ → 40+ up after 9 days in band
- 2026-03-17 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-03-13 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-12 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in band
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