PACE Pro (EPIC Page Loading Progress Bar)
by Ahmed Hussein · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 30+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds PACE page loading progress bar to your website, with live preview at the admin panel and dynamic color changing.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-50%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “bar”, “loading” and “progress” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 6.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,766 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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 4.5.33, well behind 6.8.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3815 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3815 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| bar your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| loading your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| progress your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| top your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “bar”, “loading” and “progress” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 6 Oct 2022 · 1,486 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 153 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.5 years ago; the previous band took 13 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 23 Aug 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ dleeward8.4y ago
Looking for something that starts right away and doesn’t wait for ads to load before disappearing.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ trdrst9.1y ago
It injects the CSS and JS code of PACE project, better than we can do manually. Reliable and with a great preview. Thank you for this nice plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ judge20209.6y ago
This plugin works flawlessly with WordPress 4.7.3 It does what it says, implements a site-wide progress bar. The options for the plugin are in Appearance -> PACE Pro.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JohnBhatt11.6y ago
Thanks for nice plugin. I have installed and it is working as described.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pranada11.7y ago
WHAT preview at the admin panel? After installing this plugin there was nothing different on the back end, no settings or tools that I could modify. The only options were to modify the code directly or to deactivate. Which is what I’ve just done. Thanks anyway!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Solid Pixel12.4y ago
Works like a charm, a lot of wonderful animations… really modern as well! thank you very much! http://www.technomanifesto.it
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds PACE page loading progress bar to your website, with live preview at the admin panel and dynamic color..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions HubSpot.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 245 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "top" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-05-03 20+ → 10+ down after 404 days in tier
- 2023-03-26 30+ → 20+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2023-03-09 20+ → 30+ up after 155 days in tier
- 2022-10-05 100+ → 20+ 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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Easy Telefon Bar 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - P Pretty Simple Progress meter 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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