mg404Rewrite
by mgsimon · Uncategorized
This module is a workaround to use pretty permalinks without any rewrite rule.
41 health vs 58 average across 7,825 Uncategorized 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.6, 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 6061 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
20
now · peak 64
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-25 60+ → 50+ down after 355 days in band
- 2025-05-05 70+ → 60+ down after 34 days in band
- 2025-04-01 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-03-30 70+ → 60+ down after 184 days in band
- 2024-09-27 80+ → 70+ down after 21 days in band
- 2024-09-06 70+ → 80+ up after 26 days in band
- 2024-08-11 80+ → 70+ down after 135 days in band
- 2024-03-29 90+ → 80+ down after 25 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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Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Find & Fix Broken Internal, External & Video Links 300K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
404 to 301 – Redirect Manager, 404 Error Logs & Notifications 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Smart Custom 404 Error Page 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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