Legacy Jetpack Custom CSS Editor
by George Stephanis · Uncategorized
This plugin re-adds the full page admin Custom CSS editor to Jetpack.
45 health vs 62 average across 5,045 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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 3500 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
19
now · peak 68
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,367 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-08-01 30+ → 20+ down after 349 days in band
- 2024-08-17 40+ → 30+ down after 225 days in band
- 2024-01-05 50+ → 40+ down after 225 days in band
- 2023-05-25 60+ → 50+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Simple Custom CSS and JS 600K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Insert Headers And Footers 300K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Custom CSS Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C -
Jetpack Protect 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple CSS 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
WP Add Custom CSS 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B
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