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Meta Fetcher

by webdeveric · Uncategorized

This plugin provides a simple [meta] shortcode that allows you to fetch meta information for the current $post.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
41 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 65/100
Support 70/100

41 health vs 63 average across 4,510 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.0, 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.

32 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 5/100
Rating quality 49/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3874 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

-44% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

18

now · peak 55

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

Meta Fetcher · #36199 Disable Author Pages · #2979 NS Featured Posts · #3447 W4 Post List · #3806

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

modeled estimate
10–20 ≈15

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

Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,366 observations

Details

Version
0.4
Last updated
10.6y ago
Added
2014-05-20 · 12 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.0.0
Tested up to
4.4.0
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

No band crossings observed yet.

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Meta Fetcher: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/meta-fetcher