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Message Flow

by Captin Shmit · Content & Feeds

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Message Flow generates a CoverFlow-like interface for your blog posts.

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

45 health vs 60 average across 778 Content & Feeds plugins

10+

Active installs

≈16 estimated

3.0K

Total downloads

since 2012

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

+38%

29

Downloads · 30d

category median +21%

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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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.

35 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 6/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3730 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+38% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

29

now · peak 63

2930d 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

Message Flow · #45286 you FeedWordPress · #2303 Podcast Importer Sec · #3467 Podlove Podcast Publ · #4001

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.

2.9Kper 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

10.2y ago

latest release · v1.1.8

9

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1.8 · 10.2y ago1.1.7 · 13.9y ago1.1.6 · 14.0y ago1.1.5 · 14.0y ago1.1.4 · 14.0y ago1.1.3 · 14.0y ago1.1.2 · 14.0y ago1.1.1 · 14.0y ago1.1 · 14.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
10–20 ≈16

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2018-05-19 · 1,371 observations

10Installs · 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.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.1.8
Last updated
10.2y ago
Added
2012-08-21 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
2.0.2
Tested up to
4.5.33
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ grapesodabanked
    12.6y ago

    Hi, this plugin is great! I fiddled with the .js files and CSS3 to give the images perspective and I got it to look and function exactly like the iTunes coverflow! BUT is there ANY way to make it pull posts from custom taxonomy terms instead of categories? Or maybe a hint to how this can be done?

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  2. ★★★★★ waqman
    13.1y ago

    Great plugin and deserves more exposure. I think this plugin has potential to be a great product as it is very versatile. I work with wordpress daily and i can come up with load of ideas of where i would use it. It would be great if this plugin was developed more or just documented. E.G. a major step forward for me would be to know how to use the addons for the content-flow addon and apply them to message-flow. Is it possible?

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

✓ 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

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

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