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by mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) · Uncategorized

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The license plugin gives authors the ability to mark their content with a Creative Commons license and to display the license along with the content.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 70/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins

10+

Active installs

≈17 estimated

5.1K

Total downloads

since 2011

3.83★

Rating (adjusted)

3.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+61%

37

Downloads · 30d

category median +19%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 50/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4665 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+61% vs prior 30d
1Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

37

now · peak 65

3730d downloads · Aug 26

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

License · #24658 you Creative Commons · #7748 Easy CC License · #23929 Creative Commons Med · #37256

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3Stars · Aug 26

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.

3.7Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

12.8y ago

latest release · v0.5

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

0.5 · 12.8y ago0.4 · 15.3y ago0.3 · 15.4y ago

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
10–20 ≈17

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

At the current install trend, crossing 20+ in roughly 130 days.

Install history · since 2015-09-10 · 1,375 observations

10Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
0 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
0.5
Last updated
12.8y ago
Added
2011-04-14 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
3.1
Tested up to
3.7.41
Requires PHP
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  1. ★★★★★ JinChen
    12.7y ago

    I can’t choose country. Is it a BUG?

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-31 20+ → 10+ down after 107 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-16 10+ → 20+ up after 3 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-13 20+ → 10+ down after 13 days in tier
  4. 2026-04-30 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-04-29 20+ → 10+ down after 19 days in tier
  6. 2026-04-10 10+ → 20+ up after 11 days in tier
  7. 2026-03-30 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
  8. 2026-03-27 10+ → 20+ up after 23 days in tier

Competes with

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