Merge Tags
by scribu · Admin & Utilities
Adds a new form on the tag management screen that lets you merge and replace tags and categories.
45 health vs 56 average across 1,580 Admin & Utilities plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5706 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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
57
now · peak 140
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 40+ → 30+ down after 44 days in band
- 2026-05-29 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-25 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-23 30+ → 40+ up after 7 days in band
- 2026-05-16 40+ → 30+ down after 227 days in band
- 2025-10-01 50+ → 40+ down after 298 days in band
- 2024-12-07 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-06 50+ → 60+ up after 5 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 4 shared tags B -
Taxonomy Images 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Taxonomy Switcher 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
Pages with category and tag 60K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search & Filter 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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