Page Template Filter
by Mark / t31os · Search
Filter pages or hierarchal custom types by page template.
45 health vs 70 average across 170 Search 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5447 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
139
now · peak 144
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-09-26 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-25 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-09-22 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-21 40+ → 50+ up after 8 days in band
- 2025-09-13 50+ → 40+ down after 327 days in band
- 2024-10-21 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-10-18 50+ → 60+ up after 13 days in band
- 2024-10-05 60+ → 50+ down after 238 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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- U Users by Date Registered 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
- P Page Management Dropdown 600+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- L Lock Pages 300+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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Template Kit – Import 400K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
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