Flag Icons
by Vasilis Triantafyllou · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 3.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Flags Icons Language Switcher.
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Health
D 52/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
3K+
≈3.6K estimated
Momentum
+12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “flags” for “myanmar”. “flags” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “myanmar” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
52 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.6%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 65K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,771 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1666 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8
4.9★ over 20 reviews, smoothed to 4.33★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1666 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 22d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 22d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| myanmar | #15 | #8 | 0 |
| nepal | #24 | #6 | 0 |
| flags your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| icons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| language your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| multisite your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| switch your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
17 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “flags” for “myanmar”. “flags” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “myanmar” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 407 · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 91% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; the previous band took 13 months to cross, which places it about 56% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Jun 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sujonworld7.6y ago
This switcher is really very good. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dako777.9y ago
Everything what I need i found in this plugin 🙂 Its easy to use 🙂 It could be beter with possibility to edit how much pixels it is from top, left,right,.. Now I use CSS editor for it :/ This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by dako77.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gabry018.0y ago
Hi, very good plugin thanks. This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by gabry01.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ George Stavropoulos8.4y ago
Very good plugin guys. Thanks. Maybe i found a little bug. When I put the flags in numerical order they displayed, from the largest number to the smallest. I put this snippet in a file «result.php» and it works like a charm 😊 $reverse=array_reverse($options_order); $preserve=array_reverse($options_order,true); arsort($preserve); Cheers. This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by George Stavropoulos. This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by George Stavropoulos.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ portugal20188.4y ago
Flag Icons is the perfect solution when you don’t want to use one of the big language packages. Easy functionality. Set a few settings, add the link to the page a flag should direct to and ready. Support is great. Runs good on WordPress 4.9.6.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Wazba_cz8.7y ago
Thx
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mavenix8.9y ago
Very good plugin. It is a simple solution for language multisite.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ angela69ko10.0y ago
very easy
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.2). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- 2025-03-31 CVE-2025-31575 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.2 No patch available
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 30 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,137 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "multisite" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-14 4K+ → 3K+ down after 385 days in tier
- 2025-04-24 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-23 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-04-21 5K+ → 4K+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-04-15 4K+ → 5K+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2025-04-05 5K+ → 4K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-04-02 4K+ → 5K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-03-30 5K+ → 4K+ down after 41 days in tier
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