Obvious Post States
by ryansommers · Uncategorized
Make the WordPress post state text (draft, pending, sticky, etc) stand out.
45 health vs 56 average across 11,708 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3981 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
14
now · peak 60
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,365 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-01-01 30+ → 20+ down after 16 days in tier
- 2024-12-16 20+ → 30+ up after 17 days in tier
- 2024-11-29 30+ → 20+ down after 328 days in tier
- 2024-01-06 40+ → 30+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- B Better Recent Drafts 20+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Public Post Preview 100K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
JetSticky For Elementor 30K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D -
Ocean Stick Anything 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Sticky Side Buttons 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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