Live Countdown Timer
by Ciprian Turcu · Uncategorized
Also makes 8 other plugins · 70+ installs across the portfolio →
Wordpress Widget that will enable you to show a beautiful live countdown timer for an event.
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Health
F 39/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈35 estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “image”, “images” and “picture” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
39 health vs 58 average across 25,733 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.0%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 68.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 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.
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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 5396 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.3.2; the current branch is 6.8
2.2★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 3.90★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5396 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| images your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| picture your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pictures your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “image”, “images” and “picture” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 93 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
14.8y ago
latest release · v3.1.0.0.7 · 22 Jan 2012
25
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 8 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Turcu Ciprian9.8y ago
hey, I gave you this account a few years ago. I see you haven’t used it and haven’t updated it in any way. I would like to update a few plugins, like this one. can you add me as a contributor user for the plugin so I may update it? please. I would appreciate it. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Felipe D Largo10.5y ago
DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT. It loads some old JQuery library that’ll knock out core wordpress javascript, and most probably your theme and other plugin functionality that uses javascript. It should be removed from the wordpress.org plugins downloads and I will certainly request that it is.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gregorp12.8y ago
I was unable to edit my widgets in the backend after installing this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ digihulpdienst12.8y ago
needs an update? I also could not edit widgets anymore with drag and drop.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ -ExotiC-13.5y ago
Really. After installing this plug-in i can not edit widgets. I also can not put a thumbnail to posts. Please fix this bug. Self timer is great.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ LauraHartwigDesign13.6y ago
Once I installed this, I was unable to edit my widgets in the backend. I could no longer drag and drop and the drop downs would not work. I tried two other countdown plugins and had no problem like this.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Wordpress Widget that will enable you to show a beautiful live countdown timer for an event."
- ! 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 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 621 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 4 tags appear in the text ("image", "images", "picture", "pictures" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-21 40+ → 30+ down after 296 days in tier
- 2025-05-01 50+ → 40+ down after 279 days in tier
- 2024-07-26 60+ → 50+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2024-06-16 50+ → 60+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2024-05-17 60+ → 50+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2024-04-30 50+ → 60+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2024-04-21 60+ → 50+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2024-04-13 50+ → 60+ up after 14 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- I Img Title Removal 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 4 shared tags D
- N No Image Link 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
ImageMagick Engine 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Image Sizes 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Image Watermark 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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