Instant Breaking News
by Gero Nikolov · Uncategorized
This plugin will allow you to pin posts and feature them as "Breaking News" at the header of your website.
70 health vs 57 average across 9,550 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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 138
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.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 896 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-15 60+ → 70+ up after 68 days in band
- 2026-04-08 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-07 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-04-03 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-02 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-01 70+ → 60+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-03-26 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-25 70+ → 60+ down after 5 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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CommonsBooking 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/instant-breaking-news" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Instant Breaking News — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Instant Breaking News: 70+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/instant-breaking-news