HotJar
by owencutajar · Analytics
Plugin to help you integrate HotJar code into your website.
45 health vs 64 average across 528 Analytics 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, 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 3131 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
79
now · peak 160
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
- 2025-01-21 200+ → 100+ down after 9 days in band
- 2025-01-12 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-11 200+ → 100+ down after 386 days in band
- 2023-12-22 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-12-20 200+ → 300+ up after 4 days in band
- 2023-12-16 300+ → 200+ down after 61 days in band
- 2023-10-16 200+ → 300+ up after 76 days in band
- 2023-08-01 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/oc-hotjar" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="HotJar — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> HotJar: 100+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/oc-hotjar