Minestatus
by Jeroen Weustink · Uncategorized
Minestatus is a WordPress Widget that enables you to show data from a Minecraft server. It uses the Miners.me REST API to get server data.
41 health vs 58 average across 7,897 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, 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 3586 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
29
now · peak 66
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-04-20 40+ → 30+ down after 608 days in band
- 2023-08-21 50+ → 40+ down after 21 days in band
- 2023-07-31 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-07-30 50+ → 60+ up after 22 days in band
- 2023-07-08 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-07-06 50+ → 60+ up after 6 days in band
- 2023-06-30 60+ → 50+ down after 156 days in band
- 2023-01-25 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- M MCstatus 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
- M Minecraft Server Status Checker 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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MC Server Status 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B - S Server Status 90+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
- M MinecraftServerStatus 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Media Sync 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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