Only REST API
by Braad · Uncategorized
Redirects all front end, non-REST API requests to a single page.
41 health vs 59 average across 7,405 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 4.4.34, 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 3875 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
21
now · peak 58
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 · 1,367 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-23 30+ → 20+ down after 134 days in band
- 2026-01-09 20+ → 30+ up after 8 days in band
- 2026-01-01 30+ → 20+ down after 43 days in band
- 2025-11-19 20+ → 30+ up after 46 days in band
- 2025-10-04 30+ → 20+ down after 378 days in band
- 2024-09-21 40+ → 30+ down after 317 days in band
- 2023-11-09 50+ → 40+ down after 212 days in band
- 2023-04-11 60+ → 50+ down after 29 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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Disable WP REST API 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A -
WPGet API – Connect to any external REST API 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
WordPress REST API (Version 2) 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
WP REST API – OAuth 1.0a Server 8K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D - W WP REST API Meta Endpoints 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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