Link Shortcut
by husani · Uncategorized
Make TinyURL-like URLs (you.com/33ks8s) that redirect to pages inside / outside your blog. Can also create human-readable aliases (you.com/facebook).
41 health vs 60 average across 6,070 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 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.1, 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 6294 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
27
now · peak 70
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-04 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-03 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-01-30 40+ → 30+ down after 418 days in band
- 2024-12-08 50+ → 40+ down after 160 days in band
- 2024-07-01 60+ → 50+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-06-27 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-06-25 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-06-23 50+ → 60+ up after 29 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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- P Permalink Trailing Slash Fixer 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A - P Page Links To 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor) 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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