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Improved Simpler CSS

by ctltwp · Uncategorized

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Add the ability to add css to your existing style sheet.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

100+

Active installs

≈150 estimated

11.3K

Total downloads

since 2011

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+36%

80

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1, 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4868 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+36% vs prior 30d
-3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

80

now · peak 159

8330d downloads · Aug 26

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

Improved Simpler CSS · #17316 you Simple Custom CSS Pl · #353 Simple CSS · #542 WP Add Custom CSS · #670

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

830per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v2.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
100–200 ≈150

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2016-05-14 · 1,386 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
2.0.3
Last updated
13.3y ago
Added
2011-05-12 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
3.6.1
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ David
    12.9y ago

    There are similar plugins, but the revisions with this one take it one step further than the rest. It also uses the mighty ACE editor, which in this user’s opinion, is the very best choice.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-31 80+ → 100+ up after 24 days in tier
  2. 2026-08-07 90+ → 80+ down after 66 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-02 100+ → 90+ down after 7 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-26 90+ → 100+ up after 10 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-16 100+ → 90+ down after 595 days in tier
  6. 2024-09-28 200+ → 100+ down after 270 days in tier
  7. 2024-01-02 300+ → 200+ down after 171 days in tier
  8. 2023-07-15 400+ → 300+ down after 42 days in tier

Competes with

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