Local Development
by Andy Fragen · Uncategorized
Places development notice for plugins or themes that are in local development. Prevents updating of selected plugins and themes.
75 health vs 61 average across 5,781 Uncategorized plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
69
now · peak 431
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 200+ in roughly 814 days.
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
- 2026-06-10 90+ → 100+ up after 78 days in band
- 2026-03-24 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-21 90+ → 80+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-03-12 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-11 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-03-08 80+ → 90+ up after 100 days in band
- 2025-11-28 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-11-25 100+ → 90+ down after 45 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- E Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP Updates Notifier 30K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- W Windows Compatibility Fix 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Theme Development Preview 10+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Child Theme Configurator 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Query Monitor 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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