One Step Before Publishing
by rakuishi · Uncategorized
One Step Before Publishing is a WordPress plugin that display comfirmation dialog before publishing.
41 health vs 58 average across 8,247 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4357 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
116
now · peak 116
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-21 90+ → 80+ down after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-17 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-15 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-14 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-13 90+ → 80+ down after 250 days in band
- 2025-09-05 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-04 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-03 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/one-step-before-publishing" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="One Step Before Publishing — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> One Step Before Publishing: 80+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/one-step-before-publishing