Instant CSS
by dylanblokhuis · Uncategorized
Write your styles beautifully with the power of Visual Studio Code
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “3K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-12-08 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-08 4K+ → 3K+ down after 224 days in band
- 2025-10-27 3K+ → 4K+ up after 198 days in band
- 2025-04-12 2K+ → 3K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- W WP-SCSS 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
- L Lenix scss compiler 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Simple Custom CSS Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
Simple CSS 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Add Custom CSS 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B - T TJ Custom CSS 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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