Peter’s Date Countdown
by Peter · Booking & Events
Also makes 3 other plugins · 610+ installs across the portfolio →
Display a countdown of important dates. A real-time version is also available.
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Health
Not scored
no reviews to score from
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-6%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “countdown”, “date” and “dates” 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.
Not scored yet. Nobody has reviewed this plugin, so a grade would come from directory averages rather than from anything measured here.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 7.9K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Booking & Events plugin keeps 0.8%, across 944 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Booking & Events plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: WP compatibility
Updated 276 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 2.6; the current branch is 6.8
No reviews yet, so wp.org scores it as a middling unrated listing
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Set "Tested up to" to WordPress 6.8; lagging the current branch costs search weight.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| countdown your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| date your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| dates your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| event your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| events your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “countdown”, “date” and “dates” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 156 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, 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 1 Nov 2026.
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 14 months ago; the previous band took 2.2 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 25 Sep 2015
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.0.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.1 Peter's Date Countdown <= 2.0.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ↗2026-02-04 CVE-2026-1654 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.0.0 Patched in 2.0.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display a countdown of important dates. A real-time version is also available."
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 216 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Event", "events" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-09-23 20+ → 10+ down after 793 days in tier
- 2023-07-23 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-07-21 20+ → 30+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2023-07-12 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-11 20+ → 30+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2023-06-29 30+ → 20+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-06-26 20+ → 30+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2023-06-18 30+ → 20+ down after 1 days in tier
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).
- C Countdown Timer 900+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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AM Events 80+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D -
The Events Calendar 600K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Events Manager 30K+ installs · 3.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Event Organiser 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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