Minotar
by clone1018 · Uncategorized
Minotar enables the use of Minecraft avatars in WordPress.
45 health vs 55 average across 13,384 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.0, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4719 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
57
now · peak 166
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-24 70+ → 60+ down after 37 days in tier
- 2026-03-18 60+ → 70+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-03-10 70+ → 60+ down after 149 days in tier
- 2025-10-12 80+ → 70+ down after 126 days in tier
- 2025-06-08 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-06-04 80+ → 90+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-06-01 90+ → 80+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-05-25 80+ → 90+ up after 15 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- M Minepic 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Simple Local Avatars 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles, and Privacy 100K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B -
One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
User Profile Picture 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Basic User Avatars 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/minotar-minecraft-avatars" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Minotar — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Minotar: 60+ active installs, 4.3★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/minotar-minecraft-avatars