Latest Post
by bryanmytko · Uncategorized
Displays your most recent post as a featured post, on only the first page of your Wordpress blog
41 health vs 57 average across 8,922 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5742 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
51
now · peak 126
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-08 20+ → 10+ down after 14 days in band
- 2026-05-25 10+ → 20+ up after 21 days in band
- 2026-05-04 20+ → 10+ down after 58 days in band
- 2026-03-07 10+ → 20+ up after 293 days in band
- 2025-05-18 20+ → 10+ down after 22 days in band
- 2025-04-26 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-04-23 20+ → 10+ down after 25 days in band
- 2025-03-29 10+ → 20+ up after 6 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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Bulk Images to Posts 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Post List Featured Image 900+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - F Featured Post 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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GenerateBlocks 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Popular Posts 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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