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Metrics Query

by yehudah · Analytics

Connects Google Analytics with your WordPress site. Displays stats to help you understand your users and site content on a whole new level!

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
49 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 87/100
Support 70/100

49 health vs 67 average across 375 Analytics plugins

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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.7.15.

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.

47 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 4/100
WP compatibility 28/100
Rating quality 66/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1904 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 · 1,381 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

24

now · peak 88

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

Metrics Query · #14564 ExactMetrics · #201 ShareThis Dashboard · #532 Lara's Google Analyt · #2332

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

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈180

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

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations

Details

Version
1.0.3
Last updated
5.2y ago
Added
2020-02-22 · 6 yrs on WP
Requires WP
3.5
Tested up to
5.7.15
Requires PHP
5.6.0

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-09-22 200+ → 100+ down after 472 days in band
  2. 2024-06-07 300+ → 200+ down after 253 days in band
  3. 2023-09-28 400+ → 300+ down after 111 days in band
  4. 2023-06-09 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in band
  5. 2023-06-07 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in band
  6. 2023-06-05 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
  7. 2023-06-04 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in band
  8. 2023-06-03 500+ → 400+ down after 146 days in band

Competes with

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Metrics Query: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/metrics-query