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Mark Posts

by flymke · Uncategorized

Mark and highlight posts, pages and posts of custom post types within the posts overview.

⚠ Stale
How scoring works →
62 Health · C
Maintenance 39/100
Rating quality 83/100
Support 70/100

62 health vs 56 average across 16,376 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.

80 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 48/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 64/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 562 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+60% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

222

now · peak 1.4K

21730d downloads · Aug 26

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

Mark Posts · #5685 you Colored Admin Post L · #8998 Custom Highlight Col · #7145 Twitch Status · #13426

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

217per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

1.5y ago

latest release · v2.2.6

27

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.2.6 · 1.5y ago2.2.5 · 1.6y ago2.2.4 · 1.6y ago2.2.3 · 2.6y ago2.2.2 · 3.1y ago2.2.1 · 4.0y ago2.2.0 · 4.0y ago2.1.0 · 4.1y ago2.0.1 · 4.5y ago2.0.0 · 5.5y ago1.2.4 · 6.0y ago1.2.3 · 6.2y ago1.2.2 · 6.4y ago1.2.1 · 6.7y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 97% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.2 97%
Older / other versions 2.9%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

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

Install history · since 2015-03-24 · 1,425 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
2.2.6
Last updated
1.5y ago
Added
2014-04-04 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
4.1
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
7.0

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2025-01-16 CVE-2025-23963 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.2.4 Patched in 2.2.5
  2. 2022-03-14 CVE-2022-0958 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 2.0.1 Patched in 2.0.1

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 4 languages, 3 at 90% or more

German 100%
Swedish 100%
Turkish 100%
Italian 12%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2023-09-21 900+ → 1K+ up after 306 days in tier
  2. 2022-11-19 800+ → 900+ up

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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Mark Posts: 1K+ active installs, 4.8★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/mark-posts