Outdated Browser
by Tareq Hasan · Uncategorized
Show beautiful notice to users using old browsers
46 health vs 67 average across 3,522 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.19.
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 2316 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
53
now · peak 156
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 “50+”. 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
- 2025-07-25 60+ → 50+ down after 9 days in band
- 2025-07-16 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-15 60+ → 50+ down after 228 days in band
- 2024-11-29 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-11-26 60+ → 70+ up after 7 days in band
- 2024-11-19 70+ → 60+ down after 202 days in band
- 2024-05-01 80+ → 70+ down after 122 days in band
- 2023-12-31 90+ → 80+ down after 2 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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Mobile Detect 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Browser Screenshots 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag C -
Browser Theme Color 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C -
WP BrowserUpdate 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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