Most Popular Tags
by maxpagels · Uncategorized
Most Popular Tags is a plugin that displays your WordPress site's most popular tags, categories and custom taxonomies as a sidebar widget.
45 health vs 68 average across 3,277 Uncategorized plugins
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
95
now · peak 228
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 “300+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-02 400+ → 300+ down after 304 days in band
- 2025-02-01 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-31 400+ → 500+ up after 9 days in band
- 2025-01-22 500+ → 400+ down after 225 days in band
- 2024-06-11 600+ → 500+ down after 180 days in band
- 2023-12-14 700+ → 600+ down after 138 days in band
- 2023-07-29 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-07-28 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/most-popular-tags" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Most Popular Tags — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Most Popular Tags: 300+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/most-popular-tags