Pixel Clusters
by Mex Avila · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 30+ installs across the portfolio →
Create beautiful, responsive post clusters with shortcodes or Gutenberg blocks. Display posts, categories, tags, custom post types, and WooCommerce pr …
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Health
B 80/100
Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈33 estimated
Momentum
-21%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “categories” for “pixel”. “categories” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pixel” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
80 health vs 58 average across 25,734 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 3.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,767 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 165 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
43
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.8
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cluster your tag | #3 | #13 | up 1 |
| pixel | #23 | #19 | 0 |
| categories your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tags your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “categories” for “pixel”. “categories” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “pixel” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 276 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 34% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ safetya5.3y ago
I used it in my site safetya.co and I enjoy to implement “the cluster strategy” without to have to pay a developer or a high cost theme (like Orbital theme). I can add related posts in my pages and articles, and I can show information of a specific tag.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ betatesters7.2y ago
Easy to copy and paste the shortcode, and work’s fine
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create beautiful, responsive post clusters with shortcodes or Gutenberg blocks. Display posts, categories,..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Gutenberg, Block editor.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,784 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-29 20+ → 30+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2026-05-28 30+ → 20+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-21 40+ → 30+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-04-27 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-25 40+ → 30+ down after 31 days in tier
- 2026-03-25 30+ → 40+ up after 74 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).
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Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Flexible Posts Widget 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D -
SEO Auto Linker 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
xili-tidy-tags 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
List category posts 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C
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