Page Templates for Posts
by Gagan Goraya · Uncategorized
This plugin lets you apply page templates to the posts.
45 health vs 55 average across 13,225 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4962 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
43
now · peak 149
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 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-25 30+ → 20+ down after 300 days in tier
- 2025-05-01 40+ → 30+ down after 82 days in tier
- 2025-02-08 30+ → 40+ up after 56 days in tier
- 2024-12-14 40+ → 30+ down after 116 days in tier
- 2024-08-20 50+ → 40+ down after 132 days in tier
- 2024-04-10 40+ → 50+ up after 61 days in tier
- 2024-02-09 50+ → 40+ down after 253 days in tier
- 2023-06-01 60+ → 50+ down after 7 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Show Current Template 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
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Custom Field Template 30K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Fullwidth Templates for Any Theme & Page Builder 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
TinyMCE Templates 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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