Moderate Pingbacks
by Nick Momrik · Uncategorized
Automatically puts all pingbacks into the comment moderation queue.
41 health vs 58 average across 7,494 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 5887 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
28
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
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,370 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 57 days in band
- 2026-05-14 40+ → 50+ up after 5 days in band
- 2026-05-09 50+ → 40+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-04-29 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-28 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-26 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-24 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-23 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- B bbPress Moderation 500+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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Remove Pingback-Trackback Comments 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D - O Only Self Pings 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
- V View Pingbacks 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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