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MapHilight for WordPress

by 510crew · Uncategorized

MapHilight makes it easy to integrate the javascript needed to make your maps or images interactive. Based on the imagemapster jQuery plugin, MapHilig …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 57 average across 8,947 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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.

33 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5016 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-45% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

21

now · peak 64

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

MapHilight for WordP · #21984 Shipping Zones by Dr · #8603 WP Go Maps · #197 MapGeo · #912

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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
40–50 ≈49

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,378 observations

Details

Version
0.2
Last updated
13.7y ago
Added
2012-10-12 · 13 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.3
Tested up to
3.4.2
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2025-07-11 50+ → 40+ down after 22 days in band
  2. 2025-06-19 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in band
  3. 2025-06-13 50+ → 40+ down after 20 days in band
  4. 2025-05-24 40+ → 50+ up after 20 days in band
  5. 2025-05-04 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
  6. 2025-05-03 40+ → 50+ up after 37 days in band
  7. 2025-03-27 50+ → 40+ down after 334 days in band
  8. 2024-04-27 60+ → 50+ down after 10 days in band

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MapHilight for WordPress: 40+ active installs, 4.7★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/maphilight