NextPage Buttons
by Shawn Parker · Uncategorized
The NextPage button is a simple plugin that brings back the NextPage button in the WordPress editor toolbar.
44 health vs 57 average across 9,409 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 12+ 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 4600 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
62
now · peak 219
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 “100+”. 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-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-11-03 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-01 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-31 200+ → 100+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-10-25 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-24 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-10-22 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-10-21 200+ → 100+ down after 65 days in band
- 2025-08-17 100+ → 200+ up after 2 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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AddQuicktag 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D - W WP Edit 40K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WordPress.com Editing Toolkit 1K+ installs · 3.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Floating Publish Button 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D - A Ambrosite Next/Previous Page Link Plus 900+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/nextpage-buttons" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="NextPage Buttons — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> NextPage Buttons: 100+ active installs, 4.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/nextpage-buttons