Lock Last Modified Date
by NEXTFLY® Web Design · SEO
Also makes 2 other plugins · 580+ installs across the portfolio →
With this plugin, you can prevent the last modified date from being updated for minor edits, such as fixing typos or updating thumbnails.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈80 estimated
Momentum
-12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “post date”, “revisions” and “seo” for “last modified date”, “lock” and “last”. “post date” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “last modified date” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “revisions” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “lock” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “seo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “last” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 65 average across 2,216 SEO plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.9%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 1.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median SEO plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,193 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other SEO plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 3 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 47 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
44
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
27%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| modified date your tag | #4 | #22 | 0 |
| last modified date | #4 | #22 | 0 |
| last modified your tag | #5 | #19 | 0 |
| modified | #6 | #24 | 0 |
| lock | #9 | #24 | down 1 |
| edit last modified | #4 | #19 | 0 |
| last | #12 | #24 | up 1 |
| change last modified | #7 | #22 | down 1 |
| last updated date | #7 | #20 | up 1 |
| last updated | #10 | #21 | up 3 |
| lock post | #11 | #23 | up 1 |
| post lock | #11 | #23 | 0 |
| last updated date to post | #14 | #23 | up 2 |
| post modified | #15 | #24 | 0 |
| post modified on | #17 | #24 | 0 |
| updated date | #18 | #24 | 0 |
| last updated posts | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| post date your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| revisions your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| seo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
31 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 17 listed. 14 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “post date”, “revisions” and “seo” for “last modified date”, “lock” and “last”. “post date” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “last modified date” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “revisions” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “lock” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “seo” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “last” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 28 Jun 2025 · 491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 252 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v1.1.1 · 14 Sep 2026
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% 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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 80.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 276 days.
Install history since 27 Jun 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ shawfactor1.3y ago
Its mssing the key functionality to be the all round soluton but great at what it does
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "With this plugin, you can prevent the last modified date from being updated for minor edits, such as fixing..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 638 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("post date", "revisions", "seo" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-30 70+ → 80+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-10-21 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-20 70+ → 80+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-10-11 80+ → 70+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2026-09-19 70+ → 80+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-09-16 80+ → 70+ down after 40 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 70+ → 80+ up after 87 days in tier
- 2026-05-12 60+ → 70+ up after 3 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).
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Show modified Date in admin lists 6K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
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LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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