Ping News
by omnideveloper · Uncategorized
The Ping! WordPress plugin allows hyperlocal journalists to submit their news stories to the Ping! system and receive approval/feedback on their stori …
44 health vs 65 average across 4,193 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1050 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
23
now · peak 130
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 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-02-19 30+ → 20+ down after 9 days in band
- 2025-02-10 20+ → 30+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-02-07 30+ → 20+ down after 7 days in band
- 2025-01-31 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-30 30+ → 20+ down after 15 days in band
- 2025-01-15 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-01-14 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-01-09 20+ → 30+ up after 10 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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GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
No Self Ping 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
AF Companion – Starter Sites, Speed Booster & Growth Suite for Professional Publishing 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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