Only One Category
by pressupinc · Admin & Utilities
Limits a post to a single category by changing the checkboxes into radio buttons. Simple.
45 health vs 60 average across 1,096 Admin & Utilities 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 4.4.34, 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 3794 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
30
now · peak 4.0K
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-02-18 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-02-16 200+ → 300+ up after 22 days in band
- 2025-01-25 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-01-22 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-21 300+ → 200+ down after 390 days in band
- 2023-12-28 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2023-12-26 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-25 400+ → 300+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- R Require Featured Image 3K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
- A Add From Server 60K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Revision Control 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
- W WP Admin UI Customize 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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Radio Buttons for Taxonomies 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
SEO Friendly Images 20K+ installs · 3.2★ · 2 shared tags F
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