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Options Framework

by Devin Price · Uncategorized

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The Options Framework Plugin makes it easy to include an options panel in any WordPress theme. It was built so developers can concentrate on making t …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
50 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 89/100
Support 70/100

50 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 4.8.30, 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.

39 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 9/100
Rating quality 87/100
Listing tuning 68/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3223 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+39% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

393

now · peak 843

42330d downloads · Aug 26

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

Options Framework · #1564 you Redux Framework · #70 OptionTree · #748 CSH Login · #8862

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

42per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

7.3y ago

latest release · v1.8.6

24

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.8.6 · 7.3y ago1.8.5 · 8.8y ago1.8.4 · 11.0y ago1.8.3 · 11.7y ago1.8.2 · 11.9y ago1.8.1 · 12.3y ago1.8 · 12.5y ago1.7.1 · 12.7y ago1.6 · 13.0y ago1.5.2 · 13.5y ago1.5.1 · 13.5y ago1.5 · 13.5y ago1.4 · 13.7y ago1.3 · 14.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.8 96%
Older / other versions 4.5%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
10K–20K ≈16K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-03-15 · 1,481 observations

10KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

Details

Version
1.8.5
Last updated
8.8y ago
Added
2011-03-26 · 15 yrs old
Requires WP
3.6
Tested up to
4.8.30
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. masterbip
    8.5y ago

    Lo vengo usando en su version template desde hace años, lo sigo, he donado porque se lo merecen. Realmente es el mejor del mundo mundial. Ahora comenzare con el Plugin para tener una version actualizada en mis proyectos. ————————– I’ve been using it in its template version for years now. I follow it, I’ve donated because they deserve it. It really is the best in the world. Now I will start with the Plugin to have an updated version in my projects. GRACIAS TOTALES! This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by masterbip. Reason: Find myself a way to edit style in a easy way without touching core files

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  2. Saiful Islam
    9.1y ago

    Options Framework is one of best WordPress theme. I like it very much.

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  3. Ishko
    9.9y ago

    Great plugin. Follow the video from the dev and you’re good.

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  4. Maruti Mohanty
    10.8y ago

    I have been using this plugin for a long time now, but have been lazy in not reviewing it. My bad… An awesome plugin, esp for developers like me. Make things simpler and easier to develop.. Thanks a ton Devin

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  5. tameroski
    10.9y ago

    Works fine and very simple to use.

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  6. Radwan Hallak
    11.0y ago

    simple and useful ,, thank you very much

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  7. sanjay000
    11.3y ago

    I love this , IT’s awesome 101%;

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  8. Bani Imprumut
    11.5y ago

    I have been using it for some time. It is great. Best tool ever.

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.8.5 Update: Style headers to look nice in WordPress 4.4 1.8.5
  2. Version 1.8.4 Update: Include link button in tinyMCE (props @rosswintle) 1.8.4
  3. Version 1.8.3 Update: sanitization of info option and description field Update: Sanitization of editor field 1.8.3
  4. Version 1.8.2 Fix for translation textdomain 1.8.2
  5. Version 1.8.1 Fix for colorpicker spacing Better sanitization of upload option Update translation .pot Updated Portuguese translations by @pedro-mendonca Indonesian translations props @aryaprakasa) Use filtered values for optionsframe 1.8.1
  6. Version 1.8.0 Increase default width of text inputs Rename add_options_page function to resolve automatic theme check conflicts Check isset for $value[‘desc’] in info option Only load styles on options page (props @AndorChen) Fix load 1.8.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 73 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Chinese (China) 100%
Portuguese (Portugal) 100%
Russian 100%
Italian 94%
Swedish 94%
Danish 88%
Hungarian 88%
Portuguese (Brazil) 88%
French (France) 85%
Indonesian 82%
Spanish (Chile) 82%
Spanish (Spain) 82%
Romanian 68%
Croatian 62%
English (Canada) 60%
Azerbaijani 57%
Esperanto 57%
Persian 48%
German 42%
English (UK) 34%
Finnish 31%
Japanese 28%
Dutch 25%
German (Formal) 25%

Plus 49 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-01-08 20K+ → 10K+ down after 719 days in tier
  2. 2024-01-20 30K+ → 20K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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