P2 Likes
by Scott Basgaard · Uncategorized
Give positive feedback on threads you care about on P2
47 health vs 57 average across 10,182 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 4.1.42, 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 4199 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
18
now · peak 85
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 · 1,362 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-03 30+ → 20+ down after 16 days in band
- 2025-04-17 20+ → 30+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-04-13 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-04-12 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-04-11 30+ → 20+ down after 134 days in band
- 2024-11-28 40+ → 30+ down after 18 days in band
- 2024-11-10 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-11-08 40+ → 30+ down after 4 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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Favorites 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A - L Like This 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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My Favorites 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
Solid Post Likes 500+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Voting Contest Lite 400+ installs · 3.4★ · 1 shared tag D -
Tribulant Gallery Voting 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C
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