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MetaTag

by Babar · SEO

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MetaTag is a simple to use WordPress plugin to enhance on page SEO of your website.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
46 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

46 health vs 64 average across 1,223 SEO plugins

500+

Active installs

≈550 estimated

16.4K

Total downloads

since 2013

4.12★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+69%

110

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.21.

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.

41 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 2/100
WP compatibility 19/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2253 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

+69% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

110

now · peak 116

11430d 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

MetaTag · #8615 you SEO SIMPLE PACK · #307 BoldGrid Easy SEO · #819 WP All Import · #1311

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.

228per 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

6.2y ago

latest release · v1.1

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1 · 6.2y ago1.0 · 6.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% 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 85%
v1.0 15%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
500–600 ≈550

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

Install history · since 2015-12-04 · 1,419 observations

500Installs · 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 · 3 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.1
Last updated
6.2y ago
Added
2013-03-08 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
5.4.21
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ abhikat
    12.2y ago

    This is a best plugin for wordpress site

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  2. ★★★★★ Ashik72
    13.5y ago

    Thanks for this great and useful plugin. Hope you’ll continue developing such usefull stuffs. It’ll help much for seo.

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  3. ★★★★★ Babar
    13.5y ago

    New and promising plugin for WordPress on page SEO.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.5

✓ 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

  1. 2026-08-22 600+ → 500+ down after 236 days in tier
  2. 2025-12-29 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-12-28 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-12-27 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
  5. 2025-12-25 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-12-24 700+ → 600+ down after 5 days in tier
  7. 2025-12-19 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-12-18 700+ → 600+ down after 280 days in tier

Competes with

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