Perfect Columns
by moto_485 · Uncategorized
Add shortcodes to easily create up to 12 equal columns in your pages and posts
45 health vs 66 average across 3,907 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4388 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
27
now · peak 60
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 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-03-06 30+ → 20+ down after 191 days in band
- 2024-08-27 40+ → 30+ down after 112 days in band
- 2024-05-07 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-05-06 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-05-02 30+ → 40+ up after 32 days in band
- 2024-03-31 40+ → 30+ down after 229 days in band
- 2023-08-15 50+ → 40+ down after 244 days in band
- 2022-12-14 60+ → 50+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Grid Shortcodes 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags B -
Gridable 4K+ installs · 3.4★ · 3 shared tags B -
Column Shortcodes 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Genesis Columns Advanced 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Bootstrap Shortcodes 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Columns 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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