Iris Color Picker Enhancer
by Maeve Lander · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 11.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
Customise the default color palette used by Iris Color Picker
46 health vs 56 average across 16,379 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.30, 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 3279 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
144
now · peak 156
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
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
9.0y ago
latest release · v1.1
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-11-21 · 1,386 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dotlizard9.1y ago
With all the focus that WordPress has put on the customizer, I don’t understand why the color picker has been overlooked. This is such an important part of giving any site a consistent look-and-feel, and such a pain to have to stop and check my list every time I need a color. Does everyone else just memorize lists of hex codes or what? And when you google around for ways to customize the color picker, the instructions are to modify core files (and then re-modify them with every update), which is just a terrible idea. Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this plugin, it fixes something that is (imo) a huge oversight on the part of the WP dev team.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ digitalwiz9.6y ago
I am using this with WordPress 4.7.1 using the Jupiter theme. It works great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Maeve Lander10.3y ago
Well of course it does, it’s my plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-24 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-01-21 20+ → 30+ up after 63 days in tier
- 2025-11-19 30+ → 20+ down after 300 days in tier
- 2025-01-23 40+ → 30+ down after 120 days in tier
- 2024-09-25 30+ → 40+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2024-09-16 40+ → 30+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2024-09-07 30+ → 40+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2024-08-13 40+ → 30+ down after 162 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Product Variation Swatches for WooCommerce – Smart Swatches 800+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
XT Variation Swatches for WooCommerce 500+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Oxygen MyData for WooCommerce 400+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B
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