Manage Customized Plugin Updates
by wsxplugindev · Blocks
Also makes 4 other plugins · 720+ installs across the portfolio →
Manage customized plugins and display a message to your clients warning them about doing the upgrade.
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
80+
≈81 estimated
Momentum
-9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “block plugin update” for “plugin updates”. “block plugin update” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “plugin updates” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 71 average across 2,525 Blocks plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 13.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Blocks plugin keeps 2.1%, across 1,579 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Blocks 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 2 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 11 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 8d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 8d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| customized plugin | #2 | #17 | 0 |
| customized | #2 | #18 | 0 |
| customized plugins your tag | #5 | #21 | 0 |
| restrict plugin upgrade your tag | #10 | #23 | — |
| plugin updates | #19 | #24 | down 2 |
| manage updates | #13 | #22 | 0 |
| manage plugin updates | #14 | #23 | down 1 |
| plugin update | #23 | #23 | — |
| block plugin update your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| plugin notice your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| update notice your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 4 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 “block plugin update” for “plugin updates”. “block plugin update” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “plugin updates” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 339 · 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 1 Nov 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.
2
releases in the last 12 months
11d ago
latest release · v3.3 · 22 Oct 2026
23
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 42 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 80.
Install history since 19 Jul 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mreall4.1y ago
This is a very helpful plugin to remind admins not to update customized plugins. It works as expected.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Cliff8.4y ago
I’ve been using this plugin for a couple of weeks and it has been great. I especially love that I can leave a note to go along with each plugin that I tag as customized. There I can summarize the customization that I’ve done. I don’t often customize plugin files, but sometimes it’s the only way. When go to update plugins in the future, I know I’ll be very happy that I left myself some notes about what changes I made.
Read on wp.org ↗
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 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Manage customized plugins and display a message to your clients warning them about doing the upgrade."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 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 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 580 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("block plugin update", "plugin notice", "restrict-plugin-upgrade", "update notice" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-21 70+ → 80+ up after 20 days in tier
- 2026-09-01 80+ → 70+ down after 123 days in tier
- 2026-05-01 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-30 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-29 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-25 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-23 80+ → 90+ up after 5 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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