Bug – fly on the screen
by Kuba Mikita · Uncategorized
This plugin just display a fly on the screen.
48 health vs 56 average across 11,505 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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 3486 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
20
now · peak 72
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-15 50+ → 60+ up after 151 days in tier
- 2026-02-14 60+ → 50+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 50+ → 60+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-01-20 60+ → 50+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-01-14 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-12 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-10 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-08 60+ → 50+ down after 6 days in tier
Competes with
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- K KCSpirit 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
- A Autoptimize admin bar fix 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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